Throat Growth

In March I took Mikayla to the ENT for a routine ear check.  She has to have her ears checked about every six months to make sure everything is ok.  The doctor looked in her throat and asked me if I had seen the growth in her throat.  I had no clue she had a growth in her throat.  The doctor said it may just be something viral, but it may be tonsil tissue too.  He said to keep an eye on it and if it didn't go away soon it would have to be removed.

A couple months later Mikayla came home from school sick with a high fever and a sore throat.  I took her to the urgent care and she tested positive for strep.  The doctor at the urgent care saw the growth and said the growth may be holding the strep bacteria and that's why she has strep.

A couple weeks later after Mikayla finished her antibiotics, I took her back to the ENT and he came to the conclusion that the growth needed to come out.  He said the bigger the growth got, the harder it would be to remove and the more problems she could have.

We decided to try to have the growth removed in the office, to avoid having Mikayla put under anesthesia again and to save money.  Mikayla was afraid of the whole procedure because the doctor said he would need to carterize it off, all Mikayla knew, was that meant he was going to burn it off and she was afraid of what that might entail.

Today she had the growth removed and she did a fantastic job.  The doctor said she did better than 99 percent of adults.  He was amazed at how well she did.

She only had pain for a few days.  The doctor told us to expect a 10 day recovery, but she did great.  When we returned for her post-op appointment he was surprised at how well she did.  The growth was sent off to be tested and it was in fact a viral growth.  He said it was a good thing we removed it, because it had a rather large base so it would have continued to grow.  There is a chance that it could come back, but the doctor is pretty confident he removed all of it.