I have zero faith in the medical community anymore, and less faith in any online resources spewing 'medical advice'. My 11yo son is going in for surgery soon, for removal of tonsils and adenoids. I know this is routine procedure nowadays so I am not at all worried, But I am curious, have any of you had this procedure done recently or know someone who has? Especially someone young. I had it done 30 years ago and I was too young to remember anything. I'm sure its much different today. Because of the surgery, he'll be out of school for a week but my hope is he'll be recovered enough in a few days. He's active and involved in sports and want to make sure he can resume his normal lifestyle in 4-5 days, but no idea what to expect in terms of recovery.
Any thoughts based on recent experiences greatly appreciated!
I had one kiddo that had a T&A before the age of 2 and one at 12. The little one did fine. The older one was down for about 2 weeks. I couldn’t get her to drink anything, not even the liquid pain medication. She had an aversion to liquid medicine before the surgery and still does today, which made the entire ordeal so much worse. The take away should be to make your child take the liquid pain medicine, make him drink, and do not allow him to eat anything hard like Doritos or fried chicken just because he’s feeling better and begging for it. You don’t want to break away the scab prematurely. . . I’m sure you’ve read about postop hemorrhaging. I worked in surgery for prob 15 yrs and never once was called out to cauterize a post T&A bleed. Hope this helps.
Helps very much and thanks so much for sharing! We're definitely going to push fluids and soft foods as best we can. It's that recovery time that concerns me. I had it done as a teenager (like 14 or 15 I think) and I don't recall being out for 2 weeks, but its possible. I'm hoping for a speedy recovery so he's back to relative normal in a week or so. Maybe just active, not necessarily eating like normal. Is it wishful thinking to assume he may be able to be active as normal in a week, and maybe just the diet resumed after 2 weeks?