The Sulamander was seen by Heidi today and as we suspected, he needs to have his adenoids out. They were unable to actually do the scope (they tried...) because they couldn't get it through (which evidenced the blockage). We confirmed by x-ray and Sullivan has such significant adenoid hypertrophy that they suspect a 95-100% obstruction of his nasal passages. This is why he keeps getting ear infections despite tubes and has stayed sick for the last 4-5 months. On April 7th, we will take those suckers out, and maybe, just maybe, Sully can enjoy a summer with no colds.
Surgery will take about 30 minutes and we will hopefully go home the same day. He could be hospitalized overnight if there is a lot of bleeding, we won't know until we are in post-op. Recovery is 3-5 days, during which time it is really important Sully doesn't whack his face (Ben said the NP laughed when she told him that bit, recognizing that Sullivan is an 18 month old who whacks his face about 20 times a day).
Sully x-ray: Heidi drew what normal size adenoid should be (...Sully does not have that)
Same x-ray where she outlined the size of his actual adenoid. Also, neck x-rays are freaky.
Sullivan spies his blankie...
Waiting for his x-ray...
Two minutes later....slept through the x-ray.
And yes, for those of you keeping track, this will be the fourth general anesthesia procedure we have gone through with our kids when they were under the age of two.
If anyone would like to deliver beer on Friday afternoon after surgery, we will gladly accept!
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