Ds had surgery at 4 months and was all smiles and giggles even after fasting for more than twelve hours! He was not so impressed when he awoke from surgery but was back to his cheery self the next day. I on the other hand was a blubbering mess and still tear up when I think about it to this day!! Big hugs feel fry to pm if you need a shoulder!
DD2 had grommets at 16 months, the hardest part was not letting her eat, she obviously didnt understand, waking up was also bad, she was hysterical, but boob and plenty of cuddles made it all better
Ergh, I didn't think about the fasting thing. He wakes up, he NEEDS food to go back to sleep so he's never gone more than a few hours without food ... its actually the only reason he's still breastfed or I would have stopped by now. I can see a drive to Adelaide with a screaming baby the whole way
Its a minor operation and we've been given the various things that could happen without surgery and the possible things that can happen during it with the flippant "I do this sort of thing all the time, nothing to worry about". Ironically the other half probably should have had this surgery when he was little and he does have some of the possible effects they listed but I guess they didn't offer it back then.
We waited over 6 months for this initial appointment but the surgeon says he can have the operation in a few weeks so I don't have quite as long to think about it this time ...
When DD had her surgery, she was first up, first thing in the morning. She was just under four months old and we were told they do babies early so that the fasting time is mainly during their night sleep.
I was a basket case. I fell apart the day before and it was pretty hard to hand her over the next day. She came out of it fine, was screaming blue murder in recovery until I got there because she wanted to be b/f and they were trying to settle her with a little bit of water. As soon as I had her back in my arms, she settled.
kids are extremely resilient especially when it comes to elective surgery (surgery that is planned). It is often harder on the parents than the children If you have specific questions - ask away and I'll answer if I can.
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and was fine
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