Ok so we saw the ENT yesterday and he said that DS's adenoids definitely need to come out, while his tonsils are indeed big he doesn't think they are too big and since they don't seem to be causing trouble (unlike the adenoids) he said better to leave them in for now at least.

I'm really not looking forward to the surgery (in three weeks) but so glad we finally got to talk to a specialist about it and get a real knowledgeable answer. It was SOOO much better than what the GP told us which I now see really seemed to be a jumbled mix of issues regarding three different sets of glands. I'd only ever really thought about the tonsils since they are the ones you can see. Very glad I finally pushed to see the specialist and slightly annoyed that it took me and the GP so long to get to this point.

Here's hoping this helps my DS.

Thanks for all your help getting us to this point.