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Friday, December 21, 2007
 
No! That's what I wanted to shout today while scooping up my baby girl and heading for the exam room door. I didn't though. I sat and listened as the doctor (ENT) told me he wanted to take out Annika's tonsils and adenoids, that we should and he would be sending in his nurse to talk scheduling. I'll back up to the beginning now. In September at Annika's 3 year appointment I asked our pediatrician about Annika's snoring. She's always snored pretty loudly. The doctor asked if she ever had apnea episodes where it sounded like she stopped breathing. I thought maybe yes but couldn't be sure. Kris and I listened a little more carefully and sure enough, she was. I called the pediatrician back earlier this month and asked if we should come in or go see an ENT. We were referred to an ENT and had the appointment today. He seemed like a nice enough doctor, approaching Annika by sitting down so he was level with her, lowering his voice and preparing her for each exam by telling her what he was going to do. First he checked both ears and declared them perfect. Then he looked her mouth. He didn't look long because Annika was not very cooperative with holding her mouth open for him. Then he looked up her nose. And after the 5 minute exam was done he sat back and said her tonsils are pretty big for her mouth. He asked if she breathed through her nose. She does for the most part except for right now because she's stuffed up. Anyway, he wants to take her tonsils out and her adenoids too. I have to admit I panicked a little bit. He asked if I had any questions and my mind froze. I couldn't think of anything to ask. All I could think of was "No!" He sent in his nurse and I told her I wanted to talk to Kris about this before making any decisions or setting up any appointments. As I was driving to my next errand, I called Kris and told him. He sounded ready to sign her up. We still need to sit down and really talk about it but I'm inclined to get a second opinion. Yes, there is sleep apnea in our family (Grandpa Dan has a CPAP machine even) and yes, we've heard her do the stop breathing thing but general anesthesia and surgery? I was hoping the ENT would say let's give it a little time to see if as she grows her tonsils aren't as big relative to her throat or something. Ugh. No. I don't want my baby to hurt. I think I'll call the pediatrician's office on Wednesday, tell them what the ENT said and ask what they think and probably then go get a second opinion from another ENT. Anyone out there have experience with this? I could really use some personal experience!

James is feeling under the weather. Tonight his temperature was almost 101F when taken orally. And he's been sleeping on and off since 1pm this afternoon. He's down again now and I'm afraid what this night will bring us sleep wise. I gave him some infant motrin to hopefully help the poor guy out some. His nose is like a leaky faucet right now too. I don't know if he and Annika are sharing the same cold/virus right now or if he's teething or what. Now that I think about it Annika took a nap yesterday (odd for her) and fell asleep at 4:30pm today and is still sleeping now. Maybe it is a virus running through them both. Right in time for holiday celebrations! Great! Either we can go and risk getting all the other tons of kids sick or we can stay home and miss everything - wow! What great options! Not. I guess we'll be re-assessing again tomorrow.

Dagur is feeling more at home I think. Yesterday and today he's been barking at people, dogs and cars that get too close (according to him) to our house. Apparently the sidewalk outside is off limits to others. You've been warned. And tonight when James woke up crying he came upstairs and into James' room to check things out. Then he made himself comfortable and laid down by the crib. He likes us! He really likes us!

Posted by Kristina at 12/21/2007 07:29:00 PM



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