My name is Rena. I'm one of the registered nurses working in this hospital ward. So Maggie Young, your daughter has undergone a surgery and made a great recovery and she's ready to go home. So tell me Maggie, how is she feeling now? And how is the pain?
Actually nurse I'm a bit worried about my daughter because she has a sore throat and sounds and doors is thinking through her nose.
Okay, don't worry, Maggie, Elisabet is in right place and with better hands, we are here to help you as adenoids removed and the pain is an expected outcome after surgery. So, I have come across so many patients like this even they are even they informed me that so pain will be there for one or two days. So gradually the pain will be subsided, we will be giving the medications so it will take some time to act on her body. So other than that, do you have any other queries? Maggie?
No nurse.
Okay, I'll tell you some of the measures you have to follow once after getting home. So can I proceed with that? Yes, nurse. Okay, some common temporary side effects after the surgery are common. As Maggie has informed me, sore throat, ear ache, stiff jaw change in voice. So these are quite common symptoms. So apart from that in order to relieve pain, so we'll give her paracetamol so how does it sound? Maggie?
Yes, nurse.
Okay, apart from that, what I recommend you so once, once, after going home, we will start we'll start with a liquid diet. So, we will check whether she is able to tolerate with the liquid diet like plain water tender coconut water. Then once she is able to tolerate then gradually we will start with semi solid diet and then solid diet. So if she experienced any kind of nausea, vomiting, please inform me so that we will check with the nutritional status and we will change that. So I hope I'm clear to you Maggie.
Yes nurse.
Okay. Do you have any other questions other than this to ask me?
No nurse? I think you have explained me well, but I I will give her some paracetamol. So far my daughter has only had liquids in hospital and like to know when she can start eating proper food again.
Yes, that's a reasonable question as a lovable mother, I can understand your concern. See Maggie has adenoids are remote, she can't start with solid diet because Swaha swallow her swallowing, she will have some difficulty or some pain with the swallowing. So we will start with first with liquid Initially we'll start with liquid diet, then we will check whether she is able to tolerate it with the liquid diet, then gradually we'll start with semi solid diet. So I hope I'm clear to you Maggie.
Yes, yes, I'll follow this advice but I want my daughter to go back to school tomorrow. I don't want her to get behind at school.
Yes Maggie, I can understand your concern it seems that your net disturb position, but still what I advise you is not to send to school immediately or next day because there are chances of getting cause infection because the people the people she may come across with so many people like those who have fever cold or other infected people, there are chances of getting infection as her immunity power is low. So there are chances of getting infection so it is necessary to take adequate rest at least one week. Though avoid complications like golf and cold I highly recommend you to observer and watch for any complications like any bleeding sore throat or any ache please seek immediate medical attention apart from that the snow swimmin for three weeks and one one week of AI she has to take adequate rest and whatever medications doctor has prescribed. Try to take the medications that correct and if you follow all these measures of these conditions condition can be get relieved within one week. I hope I'm clear to you Maggie.
Yes, definitely you're clear, but my daughter will be fine and you want to develop any serious symptoms.
Oh yes Maggie, I have come I have seen so many patients same like this. Once after this, this is a minor surgery so no need to be worried why whatever instructions I have informed you please follow all that this will be fine within one week and the whole recovery will take around one week apart from that no follow up is necessary. And if she if she had any kind of severe symptoms like fever, intense pain, prolonged bleeding from the mouth, please seek immediate medical attention. I hope I'm clear to you, Maggie. Yes, nurse. Okay. If you have any queries, please press the buzzer beside us so that I'll be here to help you. Thank you, Maggie. And Thank you Elizabeth. Have a great recovery
