RE: Scheduled for Surgery for Sleep Apnea

[Guest guest]

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had her T & A surgery several weeks ago. She did great.

The surgery lasted less than 40 minutes. She was irritable right after the

procedure. But was her normal self with-in an hour. She stayed over night.

Her oxygen saturation stayed between 95-100%. Which is were it should be. She

had no problem eating or drinking after. She had pain medicine in the

recovery room and once during the night.

nolonger snores when she is sleeping. she can now say

n and m words.

adenoids completely obstructed her nasal passages. She used to have

large amounts of mucous from her nose. Now its very rare you see her blowing

her nose.

If you have any questions you can e-mail me,

Maureen

4 1/2y DS

9 1/2y

erica 2y\

Jillian almost 1y

[Guest guest]

had has tonsils and adenoids removed at age 3, and ear tubes

placed. It was originally scheduled as overnight, but when we arrived,

we were told it would be outpatient, as she had no medical issues (later

to find out that the hospital was full, and that was the reason, rather

than her best interest). Anyway, she came out of recovery really upset

and crying (we saw lots of kids coming out, eating their popsicles,

looking fine). She was given Tylenol with codine, and alternated

between sleeping (in our arms, for HOURS :-) and fussing. Main problem

was that she refused to drink or eat ANYTHING, and she was offered

pretty much the world...... popsicles, ice cream soda, juice,

slushees..... finally the nurse tried M & Ms that she bought from the

vending machine...... she would pick things up like she wanted to eat,

but just couldn't. I assumed it was pain, and I insisted we be put in a

room and admitted.... they finally managed to to this at about 8 pm (so

we were sitting in a rocking chair with a curtain around us in

outpatient surgury all day..... not too calming for a sick kid). I had

them give her something to sleep, and hoped she would eat the next day.

We tried again in the morning, she refused again. Started wondering

about the Tylenol with codine (I feel queasy with codine, thought she

might as well), so I had them stop the codine (and the IV.... it was

making her mad, and I wondered if it was making her feel not thirsty).

Took her outside in a wagon, put MY smoothie on the bench, told her it

was mine, don't drink it, then buried my head in a newspaper. Quickly,

she had taken a few sips, with apparently no pain. Took her inside,

tried to get her to drink something from her room (soda, apple juice,

apple sauce, etc.) so it could be charted :-), and she refused, so at

this point, I was pretty sure it was a power struggle rather than pain.

DH arrived, and I left for the visitor's room to read a little. DH

brought her favorite movie, and she was so excited that at one point,

she forgot about " not eating " and polished off the entire glass of

soda. After he rewound that scene a half dozen times, she had had a few

bites of applesauce and more to drink. I came back, we got back in the

wagon, went downstairs to the Mcs (great, inside Children's

Hospital), she got some fries, which she ate like she was starving (I

was choking, watching her eat them, but it apparently didn't bother her

throat any!). They said she could eat whatever she liked, and not to

worry about hard/soft..... she would eat what was comfortable. So, they

charted the fries, and we went home, 28 hours after she came out of

recovery. No problems once we were home, and no problems since.

Good luck, and I hope breezes through this pretty straightforward

procedure.

, mom to (8), (6 DS), and (4)

david shipp wrote:

>Hi

>

>The doctor has read the results of 's sleep study and made the following

recommendation:

>

>He has his tonsils and adenoids removed April 21. and I thought she

would go with medication, a breathing machine, or a mask to wear at night but

Dr. feels that surgery will be the best to alleviate 's apnea.

>Anyone else out there who has had kids with tonsils and adenoids removed for

any reason?

>

>I mean he went through VSD repair at 15 months with flying colors so tonsils

and adenoids shouldn't be a big worry but prayers are appreciated as

struggles along with all of his diagnoses.

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[Guest guest]

Bridget had her tonsils and adenoids removed at age 5. It was a big help. We

had trouble with her drinking. The pain meds by mouth upset her stomach. So I

would advise you to get some Tylenol suppositories (ask the pharmacist-no Rx

needed) to get you through a day or two. Also, tepid broth (if he'll eat it) is

probably the best first food. The cold stuff would melt and burn going down.

We went through feeding water a teaspoon at a time for several days.

Many kids do well, and we'll pray that does. It has helped Bridget some!

mom to Bridget 10 in SC

Scheduled for Surgery for Sleep Apnea

Hi

The doctor has read the results of 's sleep study and made the following

recommendation:

He has his tonsils and adenoids removed April 21. and I thought she

would go with medication, a breathing machine, or a mask to wear at night but

Dr. feels that surgery will be the best to alleviate 's apnea.

Anyone else out there who has had kids with tonsils and adenoids removed for

any reason?

I mean he went through VSD repair at 15 months with flying colors so tonsils

and adenoids shouldn't be a big worry but prayers are appreciated as

struggles along with all of his diagnoses.

[Guest guest]

Myah had this surgery at 2 1/2. She did very well. She did stay overnight

and would not really drink anything in the hospital, but my dr left it up to

me if I wanted to take her home or not the next day. She said that sometimes

kids do better at home (true for us) than in the hospital and that we could

always bring her back if needed. We came home and she was eating and

drinking just like normal. We did stick with softer foods for a week (as

advised by our Dr).

She has grown so much since then. I think it really helped her.

Scheduled for Surgery for Sleep Apnea

Hi

The doctor has read the results of 's sleep study and made the

following recommendation:

He has his tonsils and adenoids removed April 21. and I thought she

would go with medication, a breathing machine, or a mask to wear at night

but Dr. feels that surgery will be the best to alleviate 's

apnea.

Anyone else out there who has had kids with tonsils and adenoids removed for

any reason?

I mean he went through VSD repair at 15 months with flying colors so tonsils

and adenoids shouldn't be a big worry but prayers are appreciated as

struggles along with all of his diagnoses.