Removal of tonsils

Preston

My RHP son (College Soph) had tonsils removed this past Summer - 2 weeks before the start of school.  At that point of the summer, he was shutdown anyway.  He was down due to the surgery for a better part of those 2 weeks though doing nothing.  He started some light throwing towards the end.  It took another 3 1/2 weeks or so before he pitched in live scrimmages, so it worked out that he was only 1 week behind all the other pitchers.  I'm not sure how that would translate for a position player, but it seems to have worked out ok for him.

Last season he missed some games due to illnesses which the ENT has said getting his tonsils out would eliminate.  Knock on wood he has been healthy so far and hoping it continues into the season.  Let me know if you have any specific questions.

That's what Christmas/Winter Break is for!  If it takes care of the long term issues he has been struggling with, it's all good... except the whole "Christmas Spirit" thing. 

One of my sons did his then... worked out fine.  Have camera ready for immediate post op pain med behavior.  In his complete groggy delirium, he was trying to put the moves on the nurse.  Priceless.

Ice cream 3-4 times a day + between meal snacks! 

Son had his tonsils out over winter break from his D3 school. He was a PO. You want to talk about hilarious conversations when his mom drove him home. I wish I had recordings.

What is going to be the anesthesia used?

I had an emergency tonsillectomy when I was 27 and in very good shape (I was a week removed from a deployment.) Because of the nature of the situation, I was put under and it required my tongue to be clamped to keep it out of the way. This compressed the main nerve, which meant for two months I couldn't taste anything. My weight went from 178 to 138 in four weeks as my body just couldn't get tasteless food down. 

That would be my biggest concern. If it hadn't been for that, I would have been able to be back to a normal physical level within a couple of weeks.