Please Explain Tonsillectomy & Adenoidectomy To Me: A Complete Guide to Preparing Your Child for Surgery, 3rd Edition

I was very underwhelmed with this book. Definitely not what I expected. The suggestions/examples of advice to offer your kids pre-surgery seem to be for pre-teen audiences at the youngest. Moreover, the whole book reads very dated, as in older than the copyright and revision dates. Pretty sure some of the prep tips were also exact opposites of what our medical team recommended.

The cover of the book and description made it seem like it is book for the kids but actually it's information for the adults. I was looking for a book that I can read to my child.Otherwise great content. Informative!

Loved the simple example explanations in kid friendly language paired with all the details for the adults! It eased all our minds and I felt more prepared to help my child through the recovery part of this surgery.

I really enjoyed Zelinger's previous "Please Explain" books and found this one to be on par with the others. It was jammed pack with information for parents and from start to finish the book walks you through the procedure with ease. She breaks the process of explaining to your child into four phases - Introducing the topic to your child (1 -2 months before surgery), Tacking the subject - which covers what to tell them 3/4 weeks before and 2/3 weeks before surgery, Getting ready for surgery and the day of the surgery.There is also a preparation list and possible complications that can arise from the surgery towards the ends. This is a much more parental book as opposed to the other, with lots of medical terminology, but there are child friendly explanations throughout to help guide you. I would suggest you read through it first, then tackle the subject with your child.Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy aren't as common here in the UK as they used to be, but this will definitely be a handy book for me to have in case the need ever arises with any of my kids.

Surgery can be a frightening thing for both the parents and a child. I'm thankful for writers who felt this would be an important topic to write about. This is a great way to help prepare both sides for tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy. I am not yet a parent, but I can imagine a book like this would be EXTRA helpful during a time like this.Please Explain Tonsillectomy & Adenoidectomy to Me is a guide for parents and is jam packed with AMAZING information that helps the parent not only explain what will happen to the child, but helps the parent on this journey as well. The authors break the process of explaining to your child down into four chapters & phases - Introducing the Topic to Your Child (1 -2 months before surgery), Tackling the Subject - which covers what to tell them 3/4 weeks before and 2/3 weeks before surgery, Getting Closer and Getting Ready for surgery and The Day of Surgery.This is a great resource if your child is getting ready to undergo tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy.

This book surprised me in many ways. When I first received it, I thought it was a kids book. When I flipped though the pages, it looked more like an older kids/teen book. As I started to read, I knew this was an adult book. Don't let the cover fool you like it did me.This book is a great manual for adult. It offers a how-to approach. You will get the tools you need to help present this surgery to your kids. It will offer tips, tricks, and games. The more prepared your child feels, the more confident they will be when going forward with their surgery.I received this book in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are mine and were in no way influenced by outside sources.

This book is so cleverly written to not only calm parent and patient about the named operation procedures, I believe it can be applied to a number of hospital or difficult procedures. It takes you through the explanation of the operations for the above conditions, what to expect, how to carefully plan and prepare, how to explain what is going to happen, when it is going to and why it is necessary.The book includes excellent graphics and simple text explanations to ease any parent or child who is about to undergo that operation and some great ideas to make your child feel special. Taking each step of the procedure one at a time gently preparing and reassuring your child all through the process building up their confidence and alleviating their fears as they rise, especially around the surgery and recovery.Written by experts in their field, using their knowledge, the book is in simple format which makes total sense to a parent, with the addition of the graphic illustrations and large text is very visible it makes it appealing for the child to share with the parent.I would highly recommend this book to any parent whose child is going to experience a hospital procedure as it will help keep you calm as you see your child relaxing about the procedure as they know exactly what is going to happen and when.

I have read a previous book by this same author (Please Explain ‘Terrorism’ to Me) and enjoy how these books give easy to use ways to explain difficult topics to kids.The books look like they are children picture books and while there are some pictures; the books are definitely geared towards parents and helping parents find ways to explain topics – such as going through Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy. As a parent who hasn’t gone through it myself; I wouldn’t have the slightest idea how to start if my children needed to go through it. Fortunately for me, Please Explain Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy to Me provides easy to understand terminology and vocabulary so that not only can I understand it, but I could better explain to my children (or a child).The author does an amazing job sharing their knowledge so that we can understand and process the information so that we can share with children. I have found these “Please Explain” books to be a great help in assisting with those tricky topics that children tend to inquire about!