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.
My daughter a smallish surgery, had to have a tooth removed that she had chipped at 7months old as it was going black
It is very stressful handing ova yr bub to other people and not being able to be in their with them! However, after she was *put under* I gave her a kiss and promptly threatened the Dr, the Nurses and the other people in the room with death by mafia if anything happened to my daughter! (being Italian, yr allowed to threaten that )
After a lot of walking back and forth in the waiting room, snapping at my sister who was waiting with me, and cursing everyone in sight (bare in mind, the procedure was like 18 minutes in total!) the nurse came and got me and I pretty much tripped her up trying to get to my baby girl to make sure she was alright!
I won't lie, seeing yr baby in a huge bed with drips etc attached its SCARY! she woke up crying for mummy and was agitated as all get out, I just snuggled her and said soothing type noises and words and she settled down~!
My daughter was laughing and talking within half an hr of my seeing her in that bed!
And pfft @ the Dr saying she prolly won't eat for a good few hours, this child scoffed EVERYTHING she could!
As the others said, kids are sooooo better at all this than us adults! cause lets face it, how many of us, after having a tooth pulled, spend the rest of the day moping around the house? on painkillers? boo-hooing about it?
Luke had surgery at the end of July so he 21 months he wasn't allowed any solids after 5am and then only water or diluted apple juice till 8am then nothing which freaked me out I woke him at 4.30am forced a bottle into him and got him to eat a small bit of food, he had some water after that his surgery was at 11.30am he was fine he asked for a drink at one stage and I just distracted him he had a bilateral orchiectomy basically both testes stiched into place I went into theatre with him till he was out..then waited in theatre waiting room..saw surgeon then onto another waiting area 25min later got taken to recovery then back to day ward, he was very groggy but he took a bottle and went back to sleep...about 2pm they woke him we got him to eat something and then we were discharged very simple...another little fella same operation did vomited his milk back up but I think his mum and dad tried to force him to eat yoghurt as well...but they were discharged about 10min later as well ..
Both of mine have had surgery. My DD had a dermoid cyst removed from the back of her skull when she was about 24 months. My son had heart surgery when he was 3 days old and again at 3 months.
The fasting can be tricky, but they do try to schedule the youngest kids earliest in the day if possible. DD was a bit confused and shaky when she came out of the anaesthetic, but bounced back really quickly.
Be parepared for the legal forms you need to sign beforehand which outline every worst case scenario possible... just remember that the things they list are, in fact, the worst case scenarios and they're just trying to cover themselves against law suits.
My only other tip would be to have a couple of new toys/books that you know your son will enjoy. Distraction is your friend
I hope it all goes smoothly and that it is boringly underwhelming for all concerned.
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forced a bottle into him and got him to eat a small bit of food, he had some water after that his surgery was at 11.30am he was fine he asked for a drink at one stage and I just distracted him he had a bilateral orchiectomy basically both testes stiched into place I went into theatre with him till he was out..then waited in theatre waiting room..saw surgeon then onto another waiting area 25min later got taken to recovery then back to day ward, he was very groggy but he took a bottle and went back to sleep...about 2pm they woke him we got him to eat something and then we were discharged very simple...another little fella same operation did vomited his milk back up but I think his mum and dad tried to force him to eat yoghurt as well...but they were discharged about 10min later as well ..
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