My 28 month old son had 2 ear tubes put in a few days ago, and the surgery was a success. He seemed to be having something resembling a night terror coming out of the anesthesia, and he has been having them every night at least once since the surgery. Anybody have experience with this? He has some history of night terrors, so I wasn't surprised, but any ideas about how to make him more comfortable or distinguish night terrors from an "ansesthesia hangover" would be appreciated! Thanks.
Hi L.,
When the toddler wakes up crying, go in comfort him and
settle him back into his bed. He will eventually get through the fear.
Good luck. D.
Hi! My son had night terrors, to, but no surgery. Still, I used to give him a little bit of warm milk before bed to help him calm down. That's what my grandmother did for me when I was little and even now I will drink a cup if I'm feeling ancy before bed. Hope it helps! good luck!
Hello L.,
I am the mother of four children five and under Two of my four children have undergone the tube surgery. Actually my 13 month old just had it done this past Satruday ( april 5). It is perfectly normal for them wake up from the anesthesia in a distraught and disoriented state. Once the anesthesia wears off they get back to normal.
What your 2 year old is experiencing now is probably night terrors which are common at that age. They say they are triggered usually by something that has happend during the day like "time out" or a fall etc...
I am not against co-sleeping so when my children went through this phase I would bring them into my room when the nightmare began and let them spend teh rest of the night with me. THis quickly put and end to that phase.
Hope this helps.
P.
hi L.,
oh, your poor little guy! both my kids had anethesia-produced terrors, terrible terrible times coming out of it. but it didn't linger into coming home in either case.
i think you're dealing with two separate phenomena here. it might be a nice thing to let him snuggle with you for a few nights (although if you don't do a family bed you don't want to push this too far and create a new monster!) but i'm betting the anesthesia reaction won't recur.
please keep us posted.
khairete
S.
every one is different but my daughter, who will be 3 in june, had tubes put in and her adneoids out march 21. the recoverry for adneoids is up to 2 weeks and the anestesia in general can last i think about 3 or 4 days.. my daughter overall was okay. she had a bad attitude for a few days and her throat was sore her ears hurt some which is nor,al and she ran a slight fever. after 2 weeks she was almosr back to normal. it has benn 2 weeks and 3 days and i think she is fine now. she had a lot of diareaha which was from anestesia and eating solid oods again, because she could only eat popsicles right after surgery. she has slept fine, however,i had to take her to the er in jan and that took about 3 weeks to get over and she would wake up calling for me just about every night, but my husband had to get her be cause when i tried she freaked out and would not lert me leave her. I hope I have helped some. I think it is still the anestia but also your son could be just scared from the surgery, I don't know but that is what I hvae dealt wiht regarding tubes surgery and after effects.. I hope this has helped some
Hi L.
Pray daily in your sons room and hold him and pray over him daily. You should soon see a change.
Have you talked to her Dr? My son had tubes and right out of anesthesia he was very very upset and confused which is completely normal. I remember that he was cranky that day and I think his ears were popping b/c he would try to talk or eat and seem startled and cry. He was only about 14 mos then and is 20 mos now. I don't remember any difference during the night but he woke up a lot during the night before the surgery and for a few months after wards. I have finally gotten him sleeping through the night now though. His ear infection did not go away with the surgery. He went through many more antibiotics both oral and ear drops before it finally went away (only about a month or so now). So she could still have an ear infection. If you see any drainage call her ENT. My dog always smelled his ears so I knew when it was back!
my daughter is having night terrprs from the same sort of thing. she is geting that surgery and adenoids removed in 2 weeks, but 3 weeks ago had ear bleeding and needed ear drops and to be held down to let them drip into the tubes. She was traumatized. She woke up screaming nightly "no more medicine? no more? No more medicine?" I put some christmas lights in her room around her window so when she does wake up, she is not afraid.
She suffered night terrors for about 8 months and the doc said that since they happened AROUND the same time every night (b/w 1-2 in the morning) to go in there pre-emptively about 30 minutes before there and wake them up. Sing a song, bring them some milk-something to get them out of their pattern of sleep they were in. Dosomething gentle and hold them for about 5-10 minutes and then get them back down to sleep. it sort of disrupts the cycle- it did work for us...
After my sons first set of tubes were put in he had a similar experience. It really scared me but the nurses assured me that he was fine. When we came in to get his 2nd set a year later, I mentioned his previous experience to the anasteseologist (sp?) and he said that it sounded like he had a reaction to the medicine and that they wouldn't give him that medicine during this procedure. Everything went smoothly the second time around. However if your son is prone to night terrors any situation (or thing) that he percieves as scary can set him into night terrors. My oldest had night terrors and we had to really limit what he watched. At 5 scooby Doo would cause him to have night terrors (even if he seemed fime while watching it during the day.) Make sure he has a very relaxing bedtime routine and monitor what he sees and watches.
hey L.-My son also had tubes put in his ears as a baby-he is 9 now-he started having night terrer at age 21/2 and they probably dont hav anything to do with the sergery. He came out of the sergery like the night terrors both times-yes I said both times-be prepared. Anyway its just something they need to grow out of but i hav found some foods set them off believe it or not-Anything like gatorade or snacks with the red die like doritos or cheesey things we stay away from. Pay attention to what he eats on the nights he has them-you might see a pattern-rest assure they do stop around 31/2 to 4...it will go fast I promise. My 6 year old never had them and my 3 yr old only had them for a short time so good luck with the new baby too!!!
