DD having tonsils/adenoids out and grommits put in this thursday

[jenk1]

this will be the 3rd attempt in a year, theyve canx the previous 2 the day before.

havent told her yet, not doing until day before cos she gets upset and then confused when it doesnt go ahead.

re the recovery period, not sure how long she will be off nursery or how they go on for eating when tonsils are out.

can anyone advise.

TIA

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My dd aged 2.5 was eating toast an hour after surgery!they advise rough and hard food to slough off any gunk. She was fine in herself sgter 24 he's but was told to keep her away from other children for a week. Was the best thing that we could ever have done. Am sure your dd will be fine!good luck!

My DD had adenoids and grommets done last year. She had to stay at the hospital for 4 hours post op but 3 of those she was running round the ward like nothing had happened! We were told to keep her away from other kids for 2 weeks after that. Can't specifically advise for tonsils I'm afraid, but certainly my DD was encouraged to eat once she was awake enough and to my surprise ate everything in sight, including my own packed lunch!
Sorry they have cancelled her off twice already - hopefully it will all go ahead ok this time.

DS is having his out in July and we have been told to keep him away from other children for 2 weeks!

They had wanted to do the op in June but he would have missed too much school so we opted for July!

I am dreading it but ds says he will get presents and cards and really looking forward to it!

thanks for the advice, has anyones child had all 3 done?

Hi. My DD had all three done last summer when she was 2yrs. She coped really really well - better than me infact! She was starving about an hour after she came round and ate a whole plate of sausage chips and beans! V tired though and went straight back to sleep. We were advised to keep her off nursery for 2 wks incase of infection. The worst bit were all the medicines afterwards - I seem to remember three painkillers (one v v strong) and antibiotics. We had to write a rota and were told we must get up evry two hours in the night to give painklliers. Otherwise they get incredibly sore and put them off eating. This apparently causes allsorts of problems with the wounds not healing properly. She ate well though. Plenty of ice lollies!
All the best.

Hi..my little boy had his tonsils and adenoids out about 6 weks ago. I was very concerned about the operation before and constantly trying to talk myself out of allowing it to go ahead. It was cancelled twice which I was secretly most relieved about. The whole thing was a nightmare of worry..but the point is it was all in my head. My DS sailed through the whole experience. As other people have said they are up and about several hours after, eating, playing, basically getting bored in hospital and wanting to go home. The difference in my son's breathing that first night brought tears to my eyes. He was breathing steady and peacefully..instead of the wheezing and stuttering when he had these enourmous tonsils flapping back and blocking his throat. Before you know it you are back home and that's when the 'difficult' stage starts. There is so much medication to give them each day, two different types of painkiller and AB's all 3 to 4 times a day. My son hates any oral medicine and the first few doses at hospital caused more tears and stress than the actual operation. In the end I asked for suppositaries which are quick to adminster, quick to be absorbed and don't contain all the additives the bottle stuff has. At night he didn't even wake up. I also had to do a reward chart with 'rewards' every two days to keep him motivated. Staying at home for 10 days can be a pain but as the weather is warmer now you might be able to keep entertained in the garden. The main bit of advice I could pass on, from my experience, is keep to the pain control times, if I was even 30 minutes out I could see my son begin to get grouchy as the discomfort set in. He did need the pain control for the 10 days. Last two days I cut it back slowly. I kept an eye on the wound site and checked for any bad odour from his throat (infection)..but if the hospital give AB's this is unlikely. As others have said on mumsnet this op. really really does improve the quality of life for the children..and for parents as a major cause of worry finally goes away.

just to add to the last comment..I was told to only use the codeine if the other two pain-killers were not working as it will cause constipation which can also be very uncomfortable for children. The other two seemed enough if the dosage was regular and spaced correctly. With food I was happy for him to eat just about anything, if he was eating well I felt he was 'well' and would be getting better. On the op.day I remember he munched loads of bread sticks.

Seems like there is some variation from different hospitals regarding pain-medication. I was given Voltorol/Diflocenac and paracetamol. The Voltorol is a much stronger anti-inflammatory than ibruprofen and together with a pretty strong dose of paracetamol is usually sufficient so as not to require the use of codeine. The nurse's in the hospital showed us a schedule for the medications that gave the last one at around 11-11.30pm and the next one at 6.0 am giving everyone much needed sleep time. I think it really helped my son's recovery by not having his night sleep broken to take medication.

I certainly did lots of pandering too...I'm a soft touch anyway but I really didn't want any major screaming and crying fits because I was worried about his throat scabs!..silly really... Oh yes, the main food I made him was home-made chicken stock used to make noodle soup..he slurpped his way through loads of this and I added a tad more salt than normal and I think this helped his throat as well.