<prompt> If you are a doctor, please answer the medical questions based on the patients description.My 5 year old daughter is 5 days post tonsillectomy. After the surgery she seemed to have a lot of nasal mucus and developed a cough that is very wet. I can hear the mucus in her chest. She keeps wanting to cough but says she can t. Is this normal after a tonsillectomy?  <response>: Hi... This is not normal after tonsillectomy. I do not think the tonsillectomy is related to this cough and cold. It could be viral. Cough and cold are viral 95 of the times in child Chat Doctor. For cold, you can use anti-allergics like cetirizine and for nose block, saline nasal decongestants will do. For cold, you can use Cetirizine at 0.25 mgkgdose every 12 hourly for 3 days. For nasal block, plain saline nasal 