Guest guest Posted June 10, 2005 Report Share Posted June 10, 2005 Not sure what you mean when you say that your son had his adnoids out nut tonsils are still intack??? T & A > Hi , > It's me again, > I was just curious if you heard anymore re: the T & A's > b/c our son had his adnoids out in 8/2002 and recently > DX with this April. The ENT wouldn't even touch > his tonsils back then and then we didn't have the > patterns of fevers yet. > Thanks. > > > > > __________________________________ > Discover > Get on-the-go sports scores, stock quotes, news and more. Check it out! > http://discover./mobile.html > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 I agree with you to an extent. I think you need to tell your child what is going on. My daughter is 3 and has been diagnosed with FMF-Familial Mediterranean Fever. She has always known what is going to happen during her blood draws and other appointments. I don't think you should hide what's going on with the child. When my other daughter was 18 months she had to have tubes put in her ears for chronic ear infections and we told her before hand what was going to happen. Did she still kick and scream? Of course they will. It's a scary thing for them and the stick does hurt. I do agree that you shouldn't go on and on about how much it will hurt. And don't say that they don't like needles or are scared of them. I don't like needles either but I'm not afraid of them. I don't know anyone who really likes to be stuck with a needle! My husband is terrified of needles but he never lets on with the kids around. They do know that he hates them but he still takes them to have shots and he takes our youngest to have blood drawn sometimes. It's not the needles and surgery that's so scary, it's the pain you feel from them that's scary! God be with you, Debby _________________________________________________________________ Connect to the next generation of MSN Messenger http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/default.aspx?locale=en-us & source=wlmai\ ltagline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 Just wanted to take a minute to share our experience with PAFPA and our decision to have a T & A for our son. had fevers every month of his life pretty much like clockwork for FIVE years. Our pediatrician never had any answers for us except for that some kids get sick more often than others. As I mother, I knew something was wrong. I sought out on my own the opinion of two doctors in Chicago. One was at Children's Memorial and the other at the University of Chicago. The doctor at CM just wanted to give him steroids and send us on our way. The doctor at U of Chicago was fantastic. We went ahead with the T & A as the results have been VERY FAVORABLE with others. The surgery was a piece of cake for our son. He was six years old when he had it done. He is now almost eight! It has been over two years and he is cured. Our lives are normal again and he is healthy and happy. I encourage everyone to consider all of the success that a T & A has provided. I'd be happy to talk with anyone about our experience. Good Luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 THAT makes me feel alot better!!! I know that it doesn't work for everyone, but if my daughter gets the same results as your son I would be thrilled. Thanks so much for sharing your story with us. Amy Leary Mother to Krystina 3.2 years old. > > Just wanted to take a minute to share our experience with PAFPA and our decision to have a T & A for our son. had fevers every month of his life pretty much like clockwork for FIVE years. > > Our pediatrician never had any answers for us except for that some kids get sick more often than others. As I mother, I knew something was wrong. I sought out on my own the opinion of two doctors in Chicago. One was at Children's Memorial and the other at the University of Chicago. The doctor at CM just wanted to give him steroids and send us on our way. The doctor at U of Chicago was fantastic. We went ahead with the T & A as the results have been VERY FAVORABLE with others. The surgery was a piece of cake for our son. He was six years old when he had it done. He is now almost eight! It has been over two years and he is cured. Our lives are normal again and he is healthy and happy. I encourage everyone to consider all of the success that a T & A has provided. I'd be happy to talk with anyone about our experience. > > Good Luck! > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 We too had out son's tonsils removed. He does not get fever anymore but he does complain occasionally about his knees or feet hurting. Otherwise everything else is great. Leanne Cade 4yrs old Chiavola <tomjenc99@...> wrote: Just wanted to take a minute to share our experience with PAFPA and our decision to have a T & A for our son. had fevers every month of his life pretty much like clockwork for FIVE years. Our pediatrician never had any answers for us except for that some kids get sick more often than others. As I mother, I knew something was wrong. I sought out on my own the opinion of two doctors in Chicago. One was at Children's Memorial and the other at the University of Chicago. The doctor at CM just wanted to give him steroids and send us on our way. The doctor at U of Chicago was fantastic. We went ahead with the T & A as the results have been VERY FAVORABLE with others. The surgery was a piece of cake for our son. He was six years old when he had it done. He is now almost eight! It has been over two years and he is cured. Our lives are normal again and he is healthy and happy. I encourage everyone to consider all of the success that a T & A has provided. I'd be happy to talk with anyone about our experience. Good Luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 Its sooooo great to hear a success story. Thanks for sharing. Azzie, mom to Kianna 9 From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Chiavola Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 8:42 AM Subject: Re:T & A Just wanted to take a minute to share our experience with PAFPA and our decision to have a T & A for our son. had fevers every month of his life pretty much like clockwork for FIVE years. Our pediatrician never had any answers for us except for that some kids get sick more often than others. As I mother, I knew something was wrong. I sought out on my own the opinion of two doctors in Chicago. One was at Children's Memorial and the other at the University of Chicago. The doctor at CM just wanted to give him steroids and send us on our way. The doctor at U of Chicago was fantastic. We went ahead with the T & A as the results have been VERY FAVORABLE with others. The surgery was a piece of cake for our son. He was six years old when he had it done. He is now almost eight! It has been over two years and he is cured. Our lives are normal again and he is healthy and happy. I encourage everyone to consider all of the success that a T & A has provided. I'd be happy to talk with anyone about our experience. Good Luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 1, 2007 Report Share Posted September 1, 2007 can I ask you how old your daughter was?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 1, 2007 Report Share Posted September 1, 2007 What is T & A? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest guest Posted April 29, 2008 Report Share Posted April 29, 2008 Hi All, My daughter fevered from 8 - 8 years old (1998-2006). The fevers got closer as she got older-every 14 days by the time she was 8. She had her T & A Jan 06. We have been FEVER FREE SINCE JAN 06!!!! We used a coloring book that explained it. I think the ENT gave it to us. Below are some links to similar downloadable coloring book. We had no complication related to the surgery. It has been amazing. She did have headaches almost on a cycle post surgery, but I kind of think it was because her body was not used to having to keep-up for the entire month. She didn't have the stamina & needed some down time every few weeks. That only lasted about 6-8 month. Life is now normal. Only remaining issue: her base-line SED rate is still above the normal range. http://www.asahq.org/patientEducation/MyTrip.pdf http://www.arthrocareent.com/wt/page/coloring_book http://www.ent-specialists.net/pdf/Jessie's%20Tonsillectomy.pdf http://www.ent-specialists.net/resourcesbroc.php see last item Best of Luck & Hope to you for fever free days! Jane, Mom to a age 10- survivor! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2008 Report Share Posted April 29, 2008 Thank you so very much for the great links! This is exactly what I was hoping for..... Jace goes in on May 7th for his T & A and I think these will help a lot! Your story is great! bye bye fevers!! Angie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 thanks for the advice I think that is a great way of putting it wihtout scaring him Amy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 thanks for the advice I think that is a great way of putting it wihtout scaring him Amy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 thanks for the advice I think that is a great way of putting it wihtout scaring him Amy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 Leis, Sorry to hear that. Alyssa just had tubes and her T & A's removed last month. Her's was more due to her health history than apnea. We had a new ENT, who was new to the area. He wasn't approved yet by our insurance to do the surgery, so his assoc. did it. When he came to meet us before the tube surgery, he mentioned Lys getting her T & A removed also. We had to clear it from her cardialogist. She was supposed to be off for a week, but needed more time and was off 10 days. What a horrible first day back to school. She felt better physically, but was in routine of staying home and refused to get ready (I had to physically dress her and at 100 lbs of limp kid, it wasn't easy) and drag her. I was crying, she was crying and I sat in my car for 10 minutes crying after I took her to school. Thankfully her day went much better and she's been fine. It really wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, other than the fact that all she would eat is marshmellow peeps and only drink frozen cokes. And that wasn't until the end of the 10 days. Good Luck, Sue & Alyssa-MI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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