Ear Tube surgery question

If your DC had this, what was the recovery like for your child?

Were they back to normal the next day? Were they in any pain?

DS has this in a couple weeks and I just wanted to plan.

Thanks!

Re: Ear Tube surgery question

DS was fine about 90 mins after the operation.

Wonder ex-H took him to McD's for breakfast or lunch - right after we were let go from the hospital - after the anesteia wore off.

I think there is a few day period where they don't want them to go to school/daycare but that's just for infection.

I don't even think they gave DS a pain med - maybe tylenol/motrin.

He was very groggy when he woke up. The nurse kept putting more blankets on him but DS likes to have his arms out... and she'd come wrap him up again...

Bring his fav toy or blanket.
The hospital gave us crackers & juice.

Re: Ear Tube surgery question

miki was FINE when we got home

she was groggy from the anesthesia, she came home and ate a bagel (idd cause she had her adenoids removed and the Dr. said her throat would hurt)

after the bagel, she was asking to go outside and play but the Dr. told me to have her take it easy that day so she took a nap ( like 3 hours) and then was like her old self when she woke up.

Re: Ear Tube surgery question

Ronan is a pretty shy, attached kid. It took him about 40 minutes to calm down even with me/DH holding him. I believe he was in pain for that day and the next(he was only 10 months so hard to tell) but he was holding his ear. One thing I know is that water hurts when it runs in his ears so I try to be very careful at bath time. Even with those things it was the best decision we made...1 ear infection in 10 months as opposed to 8 in a row before tubes

Re: Ear Tube surgery question

preggo crashing...

i had the ear tube surgery when i was a bit older than most kids who get it so i remember a lot of how i felt afterwards

i wasnt in any pain, but i was very groggy from the anesthesia -- i have very vivid memories of sleeping for the rest of the day that day... i also threw up from the anesthesia, but i think thats just how my body reacts to it b/c when i got my wisdom teeth out as an adult i threw up right after i came out of the anesthesia

HTH!

Re: Ear Tube surgery question

DS just had this surgery last week. He is 10 1/2 months.

The surgery itself took 15 min. tops. When I met him in recovery he was crying alot b/c he had just woken up. They allowed me to give him a bottle with water and a small amount of apple juice (they told me no formula because they are sometimes nauseous from the anesthesia). We came home and napped for 2 hours. After his nap he was back to his old self. Crawling around. Not cranky.

We did have to put antibiotic drops in his ears for 5 days which was a PIA but he was actually pretty good about it.

Re: Ear Tube surgery question

My DD has had it 2 times and my DS once. They were both fine by the time we went home. Once we got home it was like nothing happened! The procedure is only 15 minutes and they were in recovery for about 1/2 hour - 45 minutes (we did it in an ambulatory center for my DD). My DS had his done in the hospital and they made him stay longer even though he was totally fine. They do wake up cranky and disoriented, but once they settled down they were fine.

It's much harder on us!

Message edited 7/28/2010 9:53:45 AM.