Reply With QuoteI hope all ends well for your nephew, Elok.
My six-year-old nephew Cameron went in for tonsil removal yesterday. This morning his parents came in and found him blue and unresponsive. Please, if you pray, pray. If you do not...do whatever you do.
EDIT: He woke up and responded to simple questions in the ambulance. I don't think he's totally out of the woods yet, but thank God.
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I hope all ends well for your nephew, Elok.
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Me too; thanks.
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When I was a resident we lost a kid after a tonsillectomy. Hope your nephew does well.
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Same here; they were 2-year-old twins.Originally Posted by Dr Strangelove
The fact that he is awake and responsive is very encouraging news. He's in my thoughts, Elok.
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They don't know what's wrong yet, but he's alert, lively, and on his way to Hopkins where they will put that **** in lockdown. Awesome. Thanks, docs and all.
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Oh Lord!Prayers being said presently! May God bless him and his (& your) family!
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Amen.
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I can't imagine many things scarier. I wish him the best of luck
Thanks again to all of you. It's some form of pneumonia, but he seems to be doing much better. He's out of Hopkins' ICU and into their normal Pediatric unit. Now they just need to figure out what happened.
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Damn. What a shocker. Prayers up.
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Thankfully he's better
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- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
best wishes
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What should I pray to? I guess nothing. Or in other words, "I hope he gets better.
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glad to hear that he's on the mend.
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I'm glad to hear it sounds like he will be OK.
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Glad to hear that he's getting better. Hope the parents are too.
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I haven't talked to them, but his mother's FB post indicates she's okay. My nephew is asthmatic and his little sister has seizures; they're unfortunately used to scary medical situations in that family. But it lets them take this easier now, I guess.
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It sounds like they are "battle hardened", though it must still be hard - hope their luck turns to the better soon.
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Luckily he got sick in Maryland, with access to the best hospital in the world.
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I'm sorry to hear it. Good wishes.
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How often do kids die in tonsillectomies? It's not something I previously thought of as a dangerous procedure, considering how routine it is.
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Looks like everything worked out without my help. Good job.
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That's great that things are settling down to normal health!
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- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
Yes. Healthiness
So... any more news? My sister's youngest son was a 'blue' baby and spent quite a bit of time in and out of hospitals for the first few years. He's now married, has young daughter and coaches hockey.
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Well, he had a bit of a fever and low oxygen levels or some such, but they're working on that. He was in very low spirits this morning--his parents are working on that. They're hoping to transfer him out of ICU today, last I heard. Really, we're in no-news-is-good-news territory until they figure out what went wrong and why.
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Extremely rarely.
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True, but it's not a procedure to be done just for the heck of it. If the tonsils have abscesses that casue recurring infections, if they're so enlarged that they interfere with breathing or swallowing, sure, but how often have I had patients come in with tonsils the size of little ol' kidney beans and the parents go behind my back and have them removed? Imagine their surprise when they discover that tonsillectomy doesn't prevent streptococcal pharyngitis? I wonder who's going around promulgating that lie?
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