Our son had strep 14 times in 3 years between the ages of 4 and 7. We kept asking the Dr whether he should have his tonsils out. Dr kept saying "not yet".
We finally TOLD the Dr. we were going to see an ears, nose, throat Dr. He said "ok". When we took him to the E.N.T Dr, the first words out of his mouth were "He should have been here two years ago".
Two weeks later, tonsils came out and our now 21 yr old son has not had a single case of strep since. The E.N.T Dr said that with some kids, the strep gets in his tonsils and just sits there and simmers, never really going away and the only way to remedy it is to remove the tonsils.
Additionally, once his tonsils came out, he quit grinding his teeth at night and quit snoring, which the Dr told us would happen.
Something to think about.
Hope4us
Me - 49, W 49 S22 & S18 Dday 9/4/07 W claims NC 4/7/08 8/29/09 - Divorce Busted. Lots to work through, but we're going to make it.
