[blparent] advice for flying on planes with kids

Sat May 12 02:42:21 UTC 2012

Adenoids are lymphatic tissue right above the tonsils and behind the nose
area.  They serve a major purpose for infants but as we become older they
serve less importance in their defense against germs.  Our adenoids become
larger and larger up until around the age of 4 and then they begin to shrink
and are often times nonexistent by the time we're young adults.  Sometimes
adults still have their adenoids but most folks don't have any after their
teen years.  In kids like my son, the adenoids are enlarged thus blocking
the airway and nasal passages making it difficult to breath.  Constant
congestion is also a problem that one must deal with when diagnosed with
enlarged adenoids.  A lot of times the adenoids are taken out when tonsils
are taken out or vise versa since they're both very similar tissue and can
pose problems in some people.  I have extremely large tonsils and when I was
a kid and dealing with constant bouts of tonsillitis and strep throat, the
doc was going to yank my tonsils out if I had one more infection one year,
but it never happened so I still have them.  My tonsils posed a few problems
for me as an adult but thankfully not for some time now.

Erin

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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Veronica Smith
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 6:52 PM
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That's good news.  What do annoids do anyway?

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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 7:28 PM
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I guess it depends on the kid.  My cousin's little girl had hers out, and it
was the best thing her parents ever did for her.  She's breathing better,
eating better, and finally catching up to her peers on the growth charts.

Jo Elizabeth

"How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young,
compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of
the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all of
these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist

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From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 7:20 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] advice for flying on planes with kids

> Let me give you a little advice before you do something so drastic.  
> My niece had her son's out and nothing has changed, he still can't 
> breathe and his allergies and infections are now running wild.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
> On Behalf Of Erin Rumer
> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 6:05 PM
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>
> It's been found that decongestions are dangerous for kids under a 
> certain age.  I believe my pediatrician said it is 2?  My son has 
> dealt with a lot of congestions due to what we are now finding is 
> probably enlarged adenoids and it's been hard not to be able and give 
> him something other than saline nose spray to ease up the congestion.  
> My son will be going to an ear nose and throat specialist very soon to 
> confirm the diagnoses so we might very likely be looking at surgery to 
> get his adenoids out in the next 6 months or less.  In talking with 
> other parents who've had to do this it was the best thing they could 
> have done for their child.  Besides being congested, my son is also 
> having trouble breathing at night and even having episodes of apnea.
> We can't mess around with that.
>
> Erin
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
> On Behalf Of Veronica Smith
> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 2:42 PM
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] advice for flying on planes with kids
>
> Since I haven't had a baby for some time, when we traveled with Gab so 
> many years ago, our pediatrician suggested giving her a decongestant, 
> they keep the ears open but they make  your kiddos kind of sleepy.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
> On Behalf Of Lisamaria Martinez
> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 10:16 AM
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> Subject: [blparent] advice for flying on planes with kids
>
> I'm flying down to so' CAL tonight and it just dawned on me that I 
> don't know how to relieve the ear popping pain for Erik. Last time I 
> flew, I fed him a bottle. The time before that I nursed him. He 
> doesn't use a bottle any more and he doesn't use a pacifier any more.
> Any tips for helping him on the ascent and descent?
>
> LM
>
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