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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We decided against it for my mild sleep apnea kid who at age 12 still does not sleep well. Honestly, it was the association with weight gain that really gave me pause. We may think it’s a useless organ, but the body is too dang complicated for me to do it unless there was an assured benefit. [/quote]
This strange - the weight gain is bc these kids are finally sleeping well and gaining weight as they should. There are tons of studies about failure to thrive kids who lose that designation w/in weeks of a tonsillectomy. We did this for dd at 5 and it was life changing. Her behavior changed overnight, dark circles gone, concentration increased. Also they don’t know how big they are until they’re removed. One of her tonsils turned out to be giant. She also had never been sick. 
For her older brother, we only did adenoids bc his tonsils looked normal. Now at 15 he has inattentive add and sleep apnea. Facing the surgery as a teen is much worse. Worse recovery, hard to miss school, etc [/quote]

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