tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-261366797841872380.post5303310671299824669..comments2009-09-29T20:10:23.495-04:00Angie Vinezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18262246465241540842angie@5vinezmonkeys.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-261366797841872380.post-72051700661716508362009-09-29T20:10:23.495-04:002009-09-29T20:10:23.495-04:00Not yet, but Annalise will have her pre-auricular skin tag removed when and if she wants to have it removed. Ask at the hospital for a &quot;Child Life Specialist&quot;. Google Child Life Specialist for more accurate descriptions of what they do. They&#39;re really neat. Their job is to prepare kids mentally and emotionally for hospital stays/surgeries. <br />Good luck!Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01804086637336848428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-261366797841872380.post-82147817373212594202009-09-29T15:45:20.928-04:002009-09-29T15:45:20.928-04:00My oldest daughter Lisa has had her Adenoids taken out, it was in combination with ear tubes. This was done when we lived in Holland and I think Lisa was 4 or 5 and I have to say I was a nervous wrack waiting in the waiting room! They gave Lisa a tablet to make her kind of sleepy while we were in the waiting room so she was more relaxed going into the surgery room (I could have used one of those), and then after about 20 minutes or so we were called in into the surgery room where I had to put Lisa on the table and then leave and wait in the recovery room. They warned me in the recovery room that as soon as they were going to pull the adenoids Lisa would be screaming and sure enough, when they pulled them she screamed and then after a couple of minutes they brought her in the recovery room on a bed and you need to be prepared for an extremely bloody nose (which I wasn&#39;t). I just picked her up, tried to calm her down and you have to stay in the recovery room until the bleeding stops. I do have to say, it looked worse then it really was, the bleeding stopped after a couple of minutes and Lisa was fine, no pain whatsoever. Now for the tonsils, none of my kids had these removed but I have and I was 19 so I know it gets worse the older you get. All I can tell you is that the promise of ice cream didn&#39;t work for me, I was miserable but I know for younger kids it&#39;s easier.<br />They will also give you pain medication so it will all be ok, and Jace will be feeling so much better after he&#39;s healed, no more strep, a definite decrease in illness,...<br /><br />Now pre-op wise I would make sure not to talk too much about it, make sure Jace can ask all his questions with the doctor and/or you (so he&#39;s happy enough with it) and then go about it as normal. One thing I regret is that I hadn&#39;t asked all my questions, I could have been prepared better myself.<br /><br />Oh and another one, make sure he takes a favorite cuddly toy, maybe dress the cuddly toy into one of those operation gowns so both the bear and Jace go through it together.<br /><br />Now for afterwards I would make sure you don&#39;t have to go anywhere. Just relax at home with Jace.<br />I hope this helps, AnnAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17135355275743718961noreply@blogger.com