Thursday, June 21, 2012

Sophia's Tubes and Adenoidectomy

This morning we took Sophie to the Banner Desert Surgery Center to have her non-functioning ear tubes removed, a new set put in and to have her adenoids removed.

Long story short her tubes were no longer functioning and she has had 6 ear infections since November with 2 being in the warmer months. So perfect candidate for not only a new set of tubes but also to have her adenoids removed. The doctor told us that research has shown if they remove the enlarged adenoids that her chances of having a 3rd set of tubes is significantly less.

The adenoids usually is enlarged in children with recurrent ear infections like her. When it is enlarged, it blocks the eustachian tubes from being able to drain properly resulting in bacteria remaining in the middle ear and it becoming infected.

Sophie sleeping in recovery
When Dr. McKenna performed the surgery, he said she did have fluid in both ears and the adenoids were enlarged as he suspected. Surgery last about 45 minutes and went well. We were in recovery with her for about 2 1/2 hours. She was not settling very well so they gave her some additional Demerol twice which eventually made her go back to sleep. Her face and tongue were pretty swollen which made it had for her to communicate at all. She eventually woke up enough and took a couple of sips of apple juice so they would let us go home with her.

She has been a real trooper all day long. I was amazed with her not being able to eat or drink for 8 hours prior to the surgery how well she did. Praise the Lord for a successful surgery and her recovery.

She actually ate pizza tonight. I was amazed. I really thought about noon today that she wouldn't end up eating at all today but she had some pudding, yogurt ice cream and even pizza. Way to go!


She was pretty tired all of today so we will see how she is after a good night sleep.
Sophie sleeping on the couch
Sophie in the car on the way home


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