Today we (Mommy, Daddy, and Kylie) had a meeting with an ENT (otolaryngologist) about taking Kylie’s tonsils out. Based on what the ENT saw (both from examining Kylie and looking at her records) and what he heard from us, he thinks that she is a candidate to have her tonsils taken out. A good portion of this decision is based on the number of times Kylie has had strep throat in the past year, and he said that based on that alone Kylie is a candidate as she is at the threshold based on that number. While Mommy thinks it would be best for Kylie to have them out now, Daddy is a little less certain. The idea of surgery, and Daddy’s memories of being in the hospital for three days when he had his out, has Daddy wanting to wait a little. Mommy, on the other hand, remembers how much better she felt as a kid after having hers out, and how less often she got sick. After talking together outside of the office we decide if Kylie has strep one more time by her birthday then we will have them taken out, as this would put her over the bare minimum of times required for the surgery. Now we will have to wait and see.