Tonsillectomy at 3.5 yo

[JenniferG]

My dd7 had her tonsils and adenoids out this week. It was rough, very painful. My 3.5 yo twin boys are thought to have PANDAS also. Labs show neg titres, but, they are following in her footsteps. Their Pneumoccocl, Hib and Tetanus vaccines didn't "take". And they are showing signs of aggression, rage, clinginess, separation anxiety and one reverts to wetting his pants when he has strep. They had 5 strep throats last season and this year are up to number 4 and need to go in tomorrow because they are both complaining of sore throats....have been for a week and a half...neg culture earlier. ENT says they "fit the bill" for T &A but has no problem waiting. What's the lessor of the two "evils". Long term abx or T & A? I thought is was the sx until I am seeing what Meg is going through. One of the reasons we chose the sx for her was because of the risks of abx. With so many different aspects of this, I am getting myself confused. Motrin works wonders. And they all have reflux issues and are currently trying a dairy free gluten free diet per GI. They are underweight and had a lot of improvement on a trial run. SO many things got better gluten free. I know I am rambling, sometimes you just want to leave any detail out!

[mkur]

I had my younger non Pandas son's tonsils removed when he was 3 years and 11 months old. No problems. Would do it again. He doesn't remember it. I was told that the biggest risk is bleeding when the scab falls off.