Comments on: Toddler Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy Recovery Timeline

By: Nahtalia

Nahtalia — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 00:19:40 +0000

Brilliant, this will be super helpful. My 2.5 year old son will be having the same surgery soon. So much I hadn’t thought of. Apple sauce is a great top (another dairy allergy baby here).

By: Tia May

Tia May — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 12:18:15 +0000

What a roller coaster this is, we’re on day 6, and suddenly it’s worse again. I know it will be better by next week but I’m exhausted.

My daughter is 5 & refuses to take pain medication, it’s usually a 20 min fight to get her to take it.

She’s been drinking water ok, and up until yesterday she was eating pretty good too. She went completely mute for two days, and now her voice is completely different…something I was expecting since her tonsils & adenoids were so big she could barely breath.

I too planned to share our experience, because honest testimony on it is rare. I was told this wouldn’t be bad since she’s so young, but a week of sleepless nights is no piece of cake.

I wish everyone who has to go through this a smooth recovery, and great results after. Our daughter’s breathing has improved so much it makes the sleepless nights completely worth it.

Thank you for your post, it was a great read for me on day 6.

By: Tamara

Tamara — Sat, 01 Aug 2020 05:12:51 +0000

thank you for this! My Daughter already had trouble sleeping and eating before her surgery and we're only on day 3. She has been sleeping pretty soundly as long as we keep up with her tylenol and motrin prescriptions which help a whole lot too. I didnt even realize the sippy could make things worse but it makes total sense since it isn't suggested that you use even a straw after any other mouth surgery. I'm glad you mentioned that and didnt even think about it which is likely why she is having trouble taking drinks/ her high calorie drink at all. The syringes are the only way she gets any liquid down because her CP makes it difficult to do much of any other kind of drinking in the first place. :/ she is so well hydrated though which is great. Anyways, thank you for the advice and a clearer possible timeline.

By: Katelyn Culp

Katelyn Culp — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 04:41:17 +0000

Thank you so much for this we are on day 7 and tonight she woke up from a dead sleep gagging and coughing hard. And crying from being in pain. Does this sound like maybe a bigger scab fell off while she was asleep?

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sat, 25 Nov 2017 12:39:21 +0000

In reply to Julie Lovisa. Oh no! I am sorry. My son did the same. We ended up having to hold him down and slowly squirt it in the cheek and blow in his face which forced him to swallow it. We found doing it every 3 hours and not missing a dose for the first week was our saving grace. Now we’re a day past 14 days post op and he’s great during the day but occasionally will wake up at night crying. Eventually he learned the medicine helped so he would actually ask for some. I will say it does get better, stay strong. I know it’s incredibly hard though. I think the hardest part for him was that he’s a huge eater and he couldn’t eat. And once he was feeling semi okay around day 5 he tried eating but wanted what he’s use to eating but he couldn’t but didn’t want what I said he could have. That was our biggest battle. And then his sister would feel bad so she would sneak him some of her food which then caused pain

By: Julie Lovisa

Julie Lovisa — Sat, 25 Nov 2017 10:30:04 +0000

In reply to Melissa Wyrick. I’m so glad to find some recent comments! My 2 year old son (3 in January) had his t&a Plus tubes on the 21st. We were in the hospital for 24 hours. We’re approaching post op day 4. I’ve been up since 3 and it’s almost 5:30. My husband and I traded shifts during the night. Woke him up an hour ago because our son had a fever. Somehow between begging and daddy’s tone in his voice we finally got him to take medication again. He hasn’t had anything since Thanksgiving night. Refuses and spits it out or holds it in his mouth till he spits it out later. It’s been very frustrating.

By: Angela

Angela — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 18:26:52 +0000

Thank you for posting! We are on day 7 with our 2 yr okd son.. its definitely a doozy today. But reading your post brought me some comfort. I totally agree with you, every child is different. My oldest had her tonsils out 2 years ago and holy heck was that the worst 3 weeks of my life. I expected the worse again, but he seems to have more pain tolerance than my daughter did. Im stocking up on my tylenol n meal prepping while he naps cause lord knows when he wakes up ill be held hostage!! thanks again for the info!

By: Melissa Wyrick

Melissa Wyrick — Sun, 05 Nov 2017 15:32:17 +0000

I can not thank you enough for this blog! My son is having both tonsils and adenoids plus ear tubes on Thursday. I am so nervous about this but you gave me information I had no clue about so now I can be somewhat prepared. I’m also glad to see you had a big improvement. My son is very delayed in speech and has a choking problem so I’m praying this helps.
From one military spouse to another.. god bless you! I don’t know what I’d do if my husband was to be deployed during it. I’m sure I would be an even bigger of a hot mess than usual.

By: Sadaef

Sadaef — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 02:32:26 +0000

In reply to Emily. Hello,reading ur post was amazing, my daughter 26 month will be going though adenoid removal and placing tubebs. I am more worried about the adenoid removal. What was the pain and recover for the adenoid like? Was taking tonsils out more Worse then adenoid.

By: Deana

Deana — Mon, 04 Sep 2017 08:27:55 +0000

I’m finding this spot on!!! Thank you for
Posting! Though 2 years old this is exactly what I needed to read. As it’s 4:30 AM and I just re-medicated for pain. I have a rare case and my son developed severe snoring and apnea at just 16 months old. He had his T&A done 6 days ago. The hospital stay was misery though they gave him Lortab every 4 hours. Once we got home was much better though day 5-6 now he stops occasionally and cries or coughs/chokes. I think the scabs are falling off. I thought I could go without medicating on a schedule now but may have to go back to it for a day or so. Sleep is SO much better for this little guy so it was imperative that we have eve surgery. I couldn’t find anything related to his age but your story is very much alike! It definitely helps!