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Post by supermommy on Oct 18, 2011 18:43:40 GMT -6
Thanks doe! The surgery is scheduled for nov 8th, so I have sometime to prepare and stock my freezer with Popsicles. I hope the scary stuff doesn't happen...good to know about it so it doesn't take me by surprise if it does happen.
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Post by babyscute on Oct 18, 2011 21:07:12 GMT -6
Also I am going to get a medicine syringe to give her fluids at first. I will have Gatorade and Pedialyte. I also have popsicles but will not be giving her anything red to drink or eat in case she pukes. Did they give you a Dr kit for him to play with too?
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Post by momof3anddog on Oct 18, 2011 21:11:24 GMT -6
Daughter (age 6) had her adenoids done in a same day out-patient surgery at HP Specialty Care Center on Sept. 1st. It was basically 45 minutes and done. Was told she could do anything, including swimming, the next day. I made her take it easy for the whole weekend. Was told it would be this way and it was. I have noticed she snores less, has less black circles under her eyes and doesn't always have the constant stuffy nose, booger-nose thing going on that she did prior to surgery. She always had a cold, or sinus-like infection before the surgery. They told me that Adenoids surgeries are relatively minor for most people, but tonsils a little bit more involved and recovery time a little more involved.
I wish I had done the adenoids earlier. Even though she really didn't have the ear infections common for people with adenoids issues, and they weren't really pushing for me to do it, as she was a "borderline" adenoids issues case, they basically decided I should do it and I agreed. What did it for me, was they tested her hearing as a precaution while they were reviewing if her mildly prominent adenoids were enough that I should do the surgery, and found the kind of high pitch/high frequency hearing loss levels in one of her ears that are often seen with chronic adenoids issues. Apparently if you have too much adenoids and tonsils issues, for too long, you can experience a permanent hearing loss. So make them test your kid before and after the surgery heals to see if there is any hearing loss in either ear. Sometimes it is just a function of being so plugged up, that once the adenoids and tonsils are out, their hearing goes back to normal. I am doing that f/u hearing test next month and will find out if the hearing loss in her one ear from the adenoid issues is permanent or not.
Permanent Hearing loss because of adenoids is not something that they readily tell you about, but it is fairly common, esp. for those who are getting ear infections as a result of the tonsils and adenoids being inflamed.
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Post by supermommy on Oct 18, 2011 21:35:51 GMT -6
Mm of 3 ds1 has permanent high pitch loss already...I wonder if it is from that. I wish we could just do adenoids but his tonsils are huge...practically block off his throat
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