Question about grommets insertion and adenoids removal

[redspottedfrog]

My little DS is having this done shortly. DH took him to the pre-admission apt and seems to remember they told him DS needs to stay in the house for 5 days post-op. The info sheet (That DH said they just went through, no additional info was given) says that he needs to stay home from nursery for ten days, but nothing about 5 days at home.

Does anybody know if this is the case (because if it is I think we are going to go completely mad...!)

I think that recuperating for 5 days at home afterwards seems reasonable?

I haven't had my children have this, I had my adenoids out though, it was a GA and a v sore throat for some time afterwards, maybe the procedure has changed now though. Is he having a GA?

Hi, yes he is having a GA though will be out the same day.
Poor little thing is going to sore and tired afterwards, I know, and if he just wants to laze around watching CBeebies and DVDs then that is absolutely fine by me. But I worry that as he starts to feel better he'll also start to climb the walls in our small flat with no garden! I understand he needs to stay away from other children due to risk of infection, but I'm hoping we could go to the park and kick a ball around at least if he feels like it.

He's only 2, btw.

TBH I suspect all he'll want to do is lie down and eat ice cream and scrambled eggs and soft stuff like that.

It is a v safe and standard procedure but still he will need time to recover.

If he is really up for going out and seems well enough then personally I would do it - but with an eye on getting tired quicker.

Remember that getting out of breath will make his sore throat feel more sore.

Stock up on ice cream

I'll see what they say at the hospital. What we do will be completely led by DS. I can't imagine him lazing around for more than a day but then the poor little man has never had an op or a GA before so it may well floor him. I'm happy to stay at home if he is happy too.

Right, now I need to think about what sort of ice cream we're going to trough that week!

When I had my adenoids out my throat was so sore that ice-cream was all I could manage for a couple of days. And cool drinks.

Poor little mite will need looking after.

Tinned peach slices are very soft (and nice!) too.

He will be fine

PS Anaesthetists are always nice and the anaesthetist should come round before the OP to say hello and check nil by mouth etc so ask then.

Without wishing to freak you out one thing I learnt from my son and friends is try to be there ASAP they come round from GA. make a pain of yourself if needs be to make sure they let u b right there. My son woke up and was mildly delirious and aggressive trying to throw himself off the trolley!!! It lasted a few seconds but being there really helped him. Talking to mums after it seems quite common- we can even
Laugh about his superman impression now but at the time I was scared and wished someone had warned me lol x

I second all the advice above!! Redspotted can I just ask, how long was it from seeing the consultant in your the initial appointment at the hospital to your DS's surgery date? We are still awaiting my DDs date for this procedure am I am so anxious!

Hi Funky. I think it was about 5 weeks, I can't exactlyu remember when the consultants apt was (cloudy baby brain!) but we got our apt through much more quickly than I expected.

Only 12 days till the op, so nervous!

Can I ask op what were your ds symptoms before being advised about having adenoids removed and grommets in?

My ds1 is due for a hearing test in two weeks as his hearing has gone shockingly bad.

He's often getting tonsillitis which leads to eat ache and the dr last time commented on how big his tonsils were when un inflamed, so may all be related to his hearing??

Just put him to bed and he said one ear has a squeak in it?

I hope it's something relatively easy to treat and thought he might need what your ds is having done?

Hi boys. The only signs we had were around his speach not developing as well as it should have by now. A hearing test shows mild-moderate hearing loss due to the glue ear. He often has colds but they are usually quite mild. He's had no ear infections / problems with his tonsils (as far as we are aware). I think the adenoids are being removed just because it's easier to do it all when he's under the GA. Initially the consultant said he may not remove the adenoids as there were no symptoms to suggest they were causing a problem (he asked me if he snored, which he doesn't), but it looks as if they are being taken out anyway. Hope your DS is ok .

My DS has had 3 sets of grommets and his adanoids were removed during the second procedure.
If its just the grommets they are fine to get back to normal, but its the adanoids removal that is an infection risk.
the "staying at home" simply means dont take him to soft play areas, the park, and places where he doesnt usually go like friends houses etc. He can go to family members houses that he usually goes to, but the risk of infection needs to be reduced by limiting contact to possibly infectious people (remember that infections are not always obvious, and those with a reduced immune system can be suseptable to infections that the rest of us fight off without symptoms)

it is nothing to worry about, its simply precautionary xxx

My DS who is 4 had this procedure 2 months ago and was back at pre-school 2 days later and then at a football party for his 4th birthday. We live in Hong Kong so it may be different here but we were not told about any infection risk - perhaps we were lucky though! DS was absolutely fine after the surgery. He came home after 5 hours and slept well, then was bright the following day. He's had 4 GAs now though so maybe he's used to it. He had grommets at 2 due to no speech and I wanted them to take out his adenoids but they refused. 2 years of recurrent ear infections and terrible speech continued, then we moved to HK and saw a specialist who did a very quick head x-ray, saw that they were enlarged and told us that's why his first grommets weren't working effectively as the adenoids were compressing the Eustachian tube. Now his speech is much better, he can pronounce lots of new sounds and is generally much better. I think that doing the 2 together is a very good thing particularly as your DS is only 2. I really hope it works well for him!