Nash has his adenoids removed by Dr. Mehendale in Frisco. By far one of my best "Mommy-moves" yet.
His second year of life was riddled with snotties, runny noses, stuffy noses and sneezing and often unrelated to a cold or illness. We'd tried a run of nose sprays, OTCs and the like; nothing seemed to work. Whenever he'd get sick, the first thing that would drive him nuts was something related to his nose. We just couldn't figure it out.
After we returned from Miami and Disney, he was very sick with a virus. But, oddly enough his main symptoms revolved around his nasal passages. I had a gut feeling something was up, but not having my medical degree limits me on what is mommy worrying and what is an actual something I need to be concerned about. Oh that mommy gut. It is always right!!
My godson has had tubes put in by this doctor and my OBGYN (the one who delivered my boys) had her children's tubes and tonsils removed by the very doc I decided to go with for Nash's needs. He is simply amazing.
Anyway, I took Nash in for an eval on a Tuesday and, 1 week exactly to the day, we scheduled his surgery.
A little background on the symptoms and the whys of an adenoidectomy (at least in our scenario): Nash was consistently congested and/or runny, he snored at night regardless of whether or not he was dealing with some sort of cold and I'd caught him a few times having a sleep apnea "moment". Clear cut need for an adenoidectomy. In fact, we were told that his adenoids were 3x the size expected for a child of 3 years of age. Yikes!
Here's a few of our hospital pictures followed by a short clip of him right after he got his "funny juice". Watch his facial expression toward the end. You can tell he has trouble focusing on anything. Sorta funny.
I'm happy and thankful to say that since the surgery he's sleeping 1000x better. His snoring is gone and so are the bags under his eyes from poor sleep.
Well worth the worry. Well worth the time and money.
Thanks Dr. Mehendale!
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