Not eating only drinking after having tonsils removed

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My daughter had her tonsils removed on Monday and she ate a little afterwards but it’s now Thursday and she has only been drinking and having ice lollies I know they say it’s normal for kids not to eat for a few days after but when is the point I should start to think about taking her to the hospital…thanks

I had mi e out about 60 years ago! I remember talking of jelly and ice cream then mince. Is there anything she would fancy? Is it too painful?

Contact your GP or ask 111

Have you tried giving her soft and bland foods e.g. mashed potatoes, custard?

One of my brothers had his out as a young adult and that's what he are for a week.

Ds has his done a few years ago and was encouraged to eat crisps and toast rather than soft things.

Are you giving her enough painkiller? We had to use both ibuprofen (nurofen) and paracetamol (calpol) for a few days after.

Same here. Ready salted crisps and toast

We had to get banana antibiotics from doctors as she absolutely refuses to take any other medications

Mine had hers done in December and didn't really eat until 10 days after even though she was encouraged too

She has a little pain but she says everything tastes disgusting now that she try’s to eat she was a fussy eater anyway and now it’s just mmm I hate all food

Was she drinking lots tho? Thanks for the reply

Make sure you offer food about 20/30 mins after pain killers so they are working at full throttle when eating.

I remember having mine out aged 15. It wasn't the pain of eating, so much as everything tasted horrible. It took a couple of weeks for that to pass.

I’m offering her food non stop she just refuses it

Ah, cross-posted. I see she has the same problem I had. It did pass. She'll be ok - just try to make her drink stuff like milk/milkshakes. Even those will taste horrible, but she does need to drink.

will do Wartywart thanks mate

My DD4 had hers out in March. She was similar, also refused to take painkillers as well. It was awful. She mostly just had smoothies and milkshakes until about 14 days later when she asked to go to pizza express and she ate everything in sight.

I think as long as she's drinking and everything else seems ok then try not to worry. Hope it gets better for her soon