Friday, January 28, 2005
The Surgery Went Well
To all interested:
Bart's surgery went well. For those that don't know us, my oldest child had a tonsilectomy and adenoidectomy yesterday. Everything went smoothly, his doctor said that he was glad they chose surgery because the tonsils and adenoids were larger than actually anticipated. Bart is doing great and was already eating a drinking last night and we are home today.
How did we end up having surgery?
My oldest son was having some attention problems at school. He is not disruptive, just distracted. His teacher felt that he may have been a candidate for ADD. So, we went and saw the pediatrician. She noticed the distraction issues, but wanted to rule out other possibilities that exhibit the same symptoms. We had a sleep study conducted to see if he suffered sleep apnea and he did. I never knew and felt guilty for not knowing it, but my son would stop breathing while he slept. I know this is a common problem, but I didn't know my son had it. The next visit was to our ENT. He felt the best results would be found through surgery instead of a nightly breathing machine. He also explained that if a full night's sleep wasn't being obtained, then yes symptoms of ADD such as lack of attention and distraction would be evident.
So, Bart had surgery. He was excited going into it, but not so excited now. He is sore, but handling it like a champ. One of his favorite comments at this time is "at least I can't have that done again."
Thanks to all for your thoughts and prayers and he is doing great! Now, we just have to move and from what I've heard, we have to move in the snow. I'm going to end for now because I have no desire to even think about moving in the snow. Bye!
Bart's surgery went well. For those that don't know us, my oldest child had a tonsilectomy and adenoidectomy yesterday. Everything went smoothly, his doctor said that he was glad they chose surgery because the tonsils and adenoids were larger than actually anticipated. Bart is doing great and was already eating a drinking last night and we are home today.
How did we end up having surgery?
My oldest son was having some attention problems at school. He is not disruptive, just distracted. His teacher felt that he may have been a candidate for ADD. So, we went and saw the pediatrician. She noticed the distraction issues, but wanted to rule out other possibilities that exhibit the same symptoms. We had a sleep study conducted to see if he suffered sleep apnea and he did. I never knew and felt guilty for not knowing it, but my son would stop breathing while he slept. I know this is a common problem, but I didn't know my son had it. The next visit was to our ENT. He felt the best results would be found through surgery instead of a nightly breathing machine. He also explained that if a full night's sleep wasn't being obtained, then yes symptoms of ADD such as lack of attention and distraction would be evident.
So, Bart had surgery. He was excited going into it, but not so excited now. He is sore, but handling it like a champ. One of his favorite comments at this time is "at least I can't have that done again."
Thanks to all for your thoughts and prayers and he is doing great! Now, we just have to move and from what I've heard, we have to move in the snow. I'm going to end for now because I have no desire to even think about moving in the snow. Bye!
