Grommets - how long was your DC in pain for?

[mm22bys]

Hi,

DS1 is having grommets put in on Thursday.

For how long after the op can he expect to have sore ears?

Thanks,

DD1 had grommets in just after she turned 3. Within 1 hour of waking she was back to normal without any pain. In fact the only part of the whole thing that bothered her was the bruise from the cannula on her hand!
Hope your DS has it as easy,

Ds had grommets first put in at 2 1/2, cried for about ten minutes after op, went back to sleep for 2 hours and woke up demanding his lunch with menaces lol .

Had second set done last week age 6, cried for a good 40 mins or so really hard this time, then slept for a while and again woke up looking for his lunch. (He's a grubber).

I think he found it a wee bit harder this time, but they bounce back pretty much straight away.

I gave him some calpol and nurofen before he went to bed on the night of his op and he didn't need any more the next day.

What age is your lo.

Oh and he went off his head with the venflon in his hand too. Spent the hour after he woke up moaning about it until they eventually took it out. He did this both times. Can say I blame the kiddies, I bloody hate the things, they're painful!

My dd (age 7) had hers put in on Weds. No pain from her ears, although they are tender if pressed.
As the others have said, the canula was the bit that bothered her, and that came out after about 2hrs. She was totally back to normal by then, and a 4 days on has had no pain at all.

She is having discharge though - anyone else?

Good luck mm22bys - it was a completely stress-free procedure for dd

wots venflon?

and why the canula?

Venflon is the same as a canula. They put that in their hand to administer the anaesthetic to put them to sleep. They leave it in for a few hours after the op in case they need to give more drugs say for sickness, or if they need to go back to theatre in case of bleeding etc.

Thanks. My 22month DS has an ENT apptmt tomorrow and is likely to be referred for grommits. Me and my brother had them LOTS, but we never had a canula. Twas just either an injection or gas. In fact as I got older they let me choose. I became soooo experienced I knew I prefered the after effects of the injection to the gas.

Oh, and I used to hide water before the op. so that I could have a drink straight away when I woke up rather than beging the nurse for hours to eventually be brought half a teaspoon and told to drink it slowly .

They had a point, it made me sick, - but I preferred that to being thirsty.

Ds was 4.6yrs when he had his. Was in pain/discomfort for about 30mins after op, but some extra painkiller and he was soon right as rain . went back to school the following day !

Couldn't swim for about 6 wks until he had his post op check up.

They might use gas at 22 months, I'm not too sure what age they start to give intravenously rather than gas. DS was 30 months when he had his first lot and he didn't have gas then.

Good luck with your appointment for him. There's nothing worse than watching your lo suffer recurrently from horrible ear infections.

mum He won't be going in at 22months. Round here tis a 9 month waiting list.

He doesn't 'suffer' with ear infections either. Every time we go to the doctors for something they check his ears and tell me he has an ear infection, but he doesn't seem to notice himself . He's been referred for deafness.

I know it's a teeny op, but

Ah I see moonlight, as you say it is a teeny op, but its still hard as a mummy watching your wee one be put under

The waiting list here was about 18 months, but we are very fortunate to have private healthcare through my job. I'm always grateful for that.

Good luck for him!