Tonsillectomy

In November of 2010, I got my tonsils taken out, at eight years old. It really affected me because in the year of 2010 alone, I had already had strep throat about five or six times. It had been going on since we moved to Ohio, from Indiana in 2009, and it was just getting worse. My doctor was worried and we were sent to an ENT doctor, which stands for ears, nose and throat. I still know my doctor and go to get checked every six months. So from my tonsillectomy and recovery, here are the moments I remember. When we started driving on the morning of the surgery, I was exhausted because the night before, I stayed awake, anxious for the day coming. What will happen? and how long will it take? and will I be okay? and will I have to stay overnight? and what if I don’t wake up? I thought all of these thoughts to myself that night, making me even more nervous. My…

Tonsils a short story by Melissa Lucashenko and Redfern Now (Episode 1) share the main theme of family responsibility throughout both mediums, but they both have other correlating themes such as Family loyalty, Irresponsibility and Maturity. Despite having a lot of the same themes, they have their differences but both ultimately tie into how family responsibility shapes people. "Blood makes you related, but loyalty makes you family". This quote is true to both "Redfern Now" and "Tonsils" as…

Tonsillectomies are among the most common surgical procedures performed on children. Children younger than 15 years of age receive more than 530,000 tonsillectomies each year in the United States.1 The most common surgical indications are recurrent upper respiratory infections and sleep apnea caused by airway obstruction.1 After the 1970s, indications of surgical necessity have gone from being associated with infections to being more commonly caused by upper airway obstruction.2 Tonsillectomies…

Pain is one of the most common complaints that nurses treat (Brunner, Suddarth & Smeltzer, 2008). Despite the existence of many pharmacological and nonpharmacological pain management strategies, eighty six percent of children experience severe pain two days after a tonsillectomy (Dorkham, Chalkiadis, Sternberg & Davidson, 2013). This essay will explore the concept of acute pain, and its potential nursing management strategies in relation to a three year old undergoing a tonsillectomy. The main…

Patients and methods The study was conducted at ENT operating room of Ain Shams University hospitals during a period of 6 months. The study protocol was approved by "research and ethics committee" of anesthesia and intensive care department, Ain Shams University. Informative consent was obtained from the parents before enrolling in the study. 100 Patients were enrolled in the study (divided into two groups 50 patients in each), with a range of age between 2 and 6 years old. All patients were…

breathing through the mouth, bed wetting, odd sleep positions, extraordinary sweating while sleeping, hyperactivity, excessive sleepiness, short attention span, aggression, and conduct problems. Kids may in addition do poorly in school, have learning issues, and not grow according to their age. Children with sleep apnea are often underweight which is quite opposite to adults when they have the condition as they are ordinarily weighty. This is because a blockage in the airway, particularly in…

learn what happens behind the scenes. Working in a hospital is very intense. The numerous specialized departments are all intertwined, relying on one another to diagnose and provide a patient with proper care. The staff’s hard work and efforts ensure that the hospital runs smoothly for patients and their visitors. The program gave me a taste of what it is like to work in healthcare. Rotating around the various departments helped me discover other career opportunities in the healthcare industry…

into his bladder for urination. In dermatology department, I explained to a child’s family about her skin problem. I told them that she had eczema, an inflammation of the skin in her arm region that caused itching and redness. Moreover, she also suffers impetigo which causes sore and blisters around her mouth. In the department of oncology, I talked the family of a patient who is 90 years old. I explained to them: “he currently has malignant tumor in his right lung. It means the tumor is…

reluctantly legalized in the United States by the Supreme Court in 1973. According to The American Medical Association’s Council on Scientific Affairs, the number of deaths associated with abortion drastically dropped from roughly four out of every one hundred thousand women in 1973 to .6 per every one hundred thousand women in 1997 (Abortion is Safe). These statistics show that procedure in how abortion is performed has become more reliable since legalization. Legalization of abortion permitted…

Should we let die, or let live and suffer is a moral dilemma that arises when it comes to the case of Jahi McMath. Jahi McMath is a thirteen-year-old female who was declared dead by doctors after having a tonsillectomy in an Oakland hospital in California in 2014. After what was supposed to be one of three routine surgeries for sleep apnea, Jahi suffered post-surgical complications after a tonsillectomy which left her brain dead, and on mechanical life support. Doctors at the hospital determined…