What every mother needs to know about surgery to remove tonsils

Ear Nose and Throat specialist Mbira Gikonyo. (Photo: Beverlyne Musili, Standard) 

The hospital visits became numerous, tiresome and expensive. The sore throat, runny nose, bad breath, swollen tonsils and a horde of other throat-related complaints recurred every three weeks - whenever schools resumed for a new term.

The medications increased whenever Irene Kinga took five-year-old Andy, for a doctor’s appointment. But this term, the infections have reduced significantly after surgery to remove Andy's tonsils as well as the adenoids that were always infected.