DD Gets Tubes Tomorrow (if they plow us out ever...)

egankn

I'm nervous they won't do it since she has a cold (with green snot) and a cough...

hersheykiss

They will have to wait until she no longer has an infection. Otherwise she can get worse.

egankn

even if shes been on antibiotics 4 months? 

hokies94

hersheykiss:

They will have to wait until she no longer has an infection. Otherwise she can get worse.

Not the case with our ENT.  They can put tubes in even with an ear infection-it's the best cure for an ear infection.  They drain everything out first then put the tubes in.

I've never had a child with a cold at the time of surgery-not sure what they'd do in this case.  We've had ear infections but never just a cold.  

hersheykiss

scorpio72:

hersheykiss:

They will have to wait until she no longer has an infection. Otherwise she can get worse.

Not the case with our ENT.  They can put tubes in even with an ear infection-it's the best cure for an ear infection.  They drain everything out first then put the tubes in.

I've never had a child with a cold at the time of surgery-not sure what they'd do in this case.  We've had ear infections but never just a cold.  

It is all dependent on the hospital policy & doctor. Usually green snot means an infection, and docs are usually very cautious about having kids with colds in the hospital. Mainly so they don't get sicker from all the germs there.

Seannon

good luck!

hokies94

hersheykiss:

scorpio72:

hersheykiss:

They will have to wait until she no longer has an infection. Otherwise she can get worse.

Not the case with our ENT.  They can put tubes in even with an ear infection-it's the best cure for an ear infection.  They drain everything out first then put the tubes in.

I've never had a child with a cold at the time of surgery-not sure what they'd do in this case.  We've had ear infections but never just a cold.  

It is all dependent on the hospital policy & doctor. Usually green snot means an infection, and docs are usually very cautious about having kids with colds in the hospital. Mainly so they don't get sicker from all the germs there.

That's probably the difference.  Ours are done at a Surgical center and not a hospital.  No sick people there-only people there for same day surgery.