41. After a tonsillectomy , she returned to the convent, but could barely walk to her room. 42. Young missed the start of the 1965 66 season with an illness that resulted in a tonsillectomy . 43. Center fielder Brett Butler played his last game before his tonsillectomy , scheduled for Friday morning in Atlanta. 44. On May 3, Dodgers outfielder Brett Butler underwent surgery for what he thought was a routine tonsillectomy . 45. They have thousands of them every summer _ in fact, July is really Tonsillectomy Time in Georgia! 46. A new procedure promises to shrink swollen tonsils without the excessive discomfort and bleeding of a traditional tonsillectomy . 47. On their way, they had a longer stopover in Berlin where the Amir underwent an emergency tonsillectomy . 48. Children were also often on the receiving end of the tonsillectomy a fashionable surgical procedure during these years. 49. In 1984, 90 percent of tonsillectomies were done on hospitalized patients, compared with only 25 percent today. 50. A ceremony like this is no more than a tonsillectomy , one of his childhood friends had told him.