Still A Long Way To Go

We started ways to raise funds for the surgery. And we are overwhelmed with the outcome. So far, we have reached about 15% of the total estimated cost.

We thank everyone who support us from the beginning. Everyone from myLot especially Auntie Marti. All the friends from TUP-MTI and from Facebook. From the workplace, friends and relatives. We also, of course, thank all those who have pledged and still wait for the right time.

But this is still not over and still a long way to go. We still have to work harder to reach our goal. We hope more and more people will do their share when they find it in their hearts to do so.

We badly need your help.

Be Prepared With The Outcome After Six

We have just been with our family doctor. I say, family doctor because, besides she being a family medical practitioner, she is the one whom our family see, everytime we got sick or has something that we want to know about our health, before seeing other doctors. Almost everything about our health, colds, fever, internal discomfort, eyes, etc., we first seek her medical attention before she will recommend a specialist or endorse us to other doctors, for further check-up. Almost everyone in the family, from me and my wife, our kids, her mom, her dad, her sisters, their kids, my nephews and nieces.

To recall, our two year old son, Zyruz, having treated as of the moment for possible sleep apnea, is so far doing well, responding so well with the medicines. Though a little expensive, we have to face the high priced medicines and keep the taking of them in schedule, for at least four months or until six months.

Yesterday, though I am a little afraid of the would be outcome of the treatment, this family doctor told us more about tonsils. She said that we really don't have to be afraid if, worse come to worst, his tonsils should be removed. There are a lot of our body parts that if removed, we still can move well and almost nothing happened. She mentioned appendix as an example. This should be removed, because it has no more function and it not removed, will only lead to more complicated situation. And so with tonsils. If the need to remove it will not be done, more complicated situation would come to us, like heart problem, and that is not irreversible, she said.

Frankly, I am afraid of operation. I even fell down when I accompany my oldest son when I saw blood when he was circumcised. Though that happened about 10 years ago, funny, but that's true. I thought am was going down and blood goes up to my head.

What are Adenoids?

Adenoids are tonsil-like glands located at the back of the nose. The exact function of adenoids is not understood but it may be a sort of protection from infection, and people can live normally without them.

Babies are born with a very small adenoids. As they grow older, adenoids also so grows. When children reach 10 to 12 years old, adenoids should reach it maximum size. From that point on, the adenoid tissue starts to shrink on its own. It's during the growth phase that adenoids can potentially cause problems.

Enlarged adenoids can block a child's nasal passages and result in nasal congestion, mouth breathing or increased snoring. When adenoids block the nasal passage completely, they can cause sleep disturbances.

The best way to confirm the size of the adenoids is to do a simple x-ray of the neck region, which will reveal if adenoids are enlarged and how do adenoids block the nasal passage.

There are no available medications to help shrink enlarged adenoids. The only treatment that can be done is to surgically remove them.