Coblation Tonsillotomy & Adenoidectomy

I'm not sure if it's the same but my 6 year old had his tonsils out last September, I had seen it was bad for adults but not kids.
He was fine, he woke from the surgery it was about 40 minutes long from going down to waking up. And he was giving a little food bag and juice and had to have something to eat before we could go home. He was sat eating a sandwich and crisps from the bag within 20 minutes. He had no pain and when kept up with paracetamol and ibuprofen for about a week, he was in pain day 3. But by tea time he was fine again. He just didn't talk to much. But we were encouraged to keep him off school 2 weeks and away from anyone with a cold and crowds and to just give food as normal not soft options as it helped with healing. X

I had my tonsils and adenoids out as a child and i was about 7 so I was quite a bit older than your daughter but I was home within a couple hours. I did end up with an infection which im guessing is why it was painful for me tho. I'd defo recommend letting her have things like ice cream and ice lollies if she shows signs of pain I remember that was the only thing that helped soothe it. Wishing you both all the best I'm sure she'll be absolutely fine kids are so resilient x

My son has his tonsils and adenoids removed just before his 3rd birthday in November for the same reason reasons as your daughter. The recovery is tough especially the first few days but constant pain relief and snuggles helped my son. I fed him food little and often of things he wanted (I know not ideal especially when all he wanted was cake or yogurt) but after the first few days when the pain started to ease a bit I was able to get more substantial food into him.

After the surgery coming out of the anesthetic was tough he was really confused and scared as he didn’t know what was going on but anything you can use for comfort like blankets or comforters or in my sons case his dummy really helped.

I wish you both the best of luck with everything and hope it all goes well x

Hi,
Our little girl had this done 3months ago now. It was the best decision we ever made!

The surgeon found old puss that was stuck between her ear drum and the glue ear “stuff”. Poor little thing was literally having temperatures every week and must have just felt awful for months 😢

Her tonsils were very enlarged, and her breathing when asleep was terrifying. Now when she’s asleep I can’t even hear her breathing. Only just stopped checking her at night because I was convinced she’s stopped breathing entirely 😂😂

Her sleep is MASSIVELY improved. She’s sleeping through consistently and because she’s well rested now, it’s like we had our little girl back 🥹

I knew the first few days would be tough, but o-one talks about the day 4-6 where the scabs form and the pain intensifies.

She actually ate and drank quite well post surgery. Use the oramorph. I was reluctant to use too much but the difference when we did made me realise she needed.

Also, watch out for constipation. Our little girl already struggled before but the anaesthetic andoramorph led to an impacting and my goodness I would wish that one anyone 😭 xx

Hope all goes well!

hello !
They’ve recommended for my son to have his out. He’ll be 3 soon. May I ask if you have any issues now because of the surgery growing up/ in your adult life?

Hello Carla , hope you and your little one are well? Hope the surgery was okay! Do you have any update at all that you can share ? My son is also 2 and snores Betsy loudly, had recent ear infection and tends to pause breathing some nights. They have recommended removing the adenoids as they are enlarged. Just want as much info as possible. Any tips or things no one has told you but you experienced ? Xx

Plenty of yoghurts or ice cream for first week or so. But she did pretty much eat her normal foods. The only thing that worried me was the risk of bleeding so they gave us information to look out for, kept her in bed with me for first few nights and then put her back in her own bed when the risks of the bleeding went down. But yes she was absolutely fine and doing well. If there’s any other questions you have just reach out. You definitely need a lot to entertain them whilst waiting to go down to surgery as can be quite a long time. Like drawing or drawing pads, tablet if you have one and a comfort that they like as going into the surgery bit can be quite daunting for them as there is loads of people in the room.