My eldest had his tonsils, adenoids and grommets done at 4.5, since then he has not had ANY throat infections and has been very well (only a few colds). He had the surgery just 6 weeks after coming out of PICU, so there was added complications to his surgery, but overall it went very smoothly. Recovery took about 2 weeks and we had to stay close by the hospital. I wish I had pushed for it earlier, his sleeping has improved ten fold.