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Tonsillectomy pain help please!

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emmalouise1234 · 13/03/2023 19:50

Hoping someone please has some advice or been in a similar situation.
My 4 year old had his tonsils out last Tuesday. By Wednesday night he had a temp of 40 so took him back to hospital and he was given antibiotics for an infection.
He's had antibiotics, maximum doses of Calpol and nurofen since the op, and is still barely able to eat and drink, and waking 4-5 a night screaming and crying in pain.

He used to get tonsillitis every 4-6 weeks which is why he had them out. He's never been in this much pain for so long (antibiotics usually work in 24 hours) and I just don't know if anyone has been through the same, whether I should be worried or it's normal.

We have a freezer full of ice lollies, jelly's, yoghurt, fruit. He just cries whenever he swallows anything. At times he cries even trying to lick an ice lolly because of the pain in his throat when he pokes his tongue out.

It's heartbreaking to see him in so much pain, any advice greatly received x

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Februaryschild2023 · 22/05/2023 19:24

Aw thank you. And sorry to hear your daughter had a bleed too- did it utterly terrify you? The first time it happened I really thought he was dying. I know they mentioned possible bleeds, but I never expected quite so much blood. There was a whole sink full!

Hartleyhare1206 · 22/05/2023 19:27

Yeah I almost had a heart attack! I was trying to stay really calm so I didn’t terrify her though! Had to ring my husband to explain he needed to come home as we needed to go to the hospital, but was obviously with DD so trying not to make a big deal of it. Apparently I was telling him we needed to go to hospital in this chirpy Cebeebies presenter style voice and he thought I’d lost the plot 😂😂

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