Emerence - ortho/ears/adenoids long

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Well, after all the hullabaloo, the ortho is saying that the

scanogram xray they took of her leg showing .2 cm shorter on each of

the left long bones is worthless, that it is only after kids are

older can they tell if there is a difference. Externally he said

her legs line up and that measuring won't tell if there is asymmetry

either.

Hmm, not sure what to think about this one. We have seen him twice,

I don't love him but he is okay I guess, and he quizzed me closely

about why Emerence had 2 bandaids (princess ones) on her fingers

(answer: for decoration, she thinks they are like stickers...I

guess I had better figure out how to stopt his fast or I might be in

trouble!)

Ear tubes #4 are scheduled for Jan 5. I figured since my husband is

out of the country visiting his family that I would schedule the

surgery for then. After the first set I told him not to worry about

coming with me because the wait was so short. Well, she was

supposed to have a partial adenoidectomy IF the xrays showed them to

be positioned in a way that would promote bacteria growth (ie ear

infections). I figured that would be easy to handle by myself since

it was just another 20 minutes wait. We had her xrays taken last

week and I sent a note following up to her ENT about what she

thought. She just responded that Emerence now needed FULL removal

of the adenoids because they were moderately enlarged. And, she had

a particular anesthesiologist commit to come in on her day off (she

is a specialist in pediatrics with lots of experience and they work

well together - and Dr. Chong (ENT) feels the anesth. will be very

careful with the SGA issues.)

Anyone here have kids with full adenoidectomy (I asked about partial

earlier) and how long were they in hospital afterwards?

THANKS!

, mom to and Emerence