To remove...or NOT to remove.. TONSILITIS!
Jack has had strep probably 10 times in his lifetime, and he has had plenty of ear infections to compliment the strep. I myself, have horribly huge tonsils that I've been told need to be removed. And my husband had his taken out as a child. Jack was basically cursed with the humongous tonsils that cause him such grief. However, the heart doc's do NOT want him going under the knife for any other reason unless it is life threatening. (Or they are just being territorial..either way we don't argue.)
Does anyone out there know of a heart baby that has had their tonsils out? How did it go? Was it scary, or risky? Did they worry about bleeding?
I'm just curious. I hope he grows out of this, but each winter it is expected that we will need heavy doses of Amoxicillin (400mg/5ml) to fight off strep and help his throat out.
Last time we were at the Doctor Jack did his best to act scared during the routine he is SO familiar with at the Doctor's office. (We are regulars there.) While the Doc was listening to him, Jack said "Can we hurry this along? I'm going to be late for school....)
Does anyone out there know of a heart baby that has had their tonsils out? How did it go? Was it scary, or risky? Did they worry about bleeding?
I'm just curious. I hope he grows out of this, but each winter it is expected that we will need heavy doses of Amoxicillin (400mg/5ml) to fight off strep and help his throat out.
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