MG the hospital rang today and told me NO fluid, but im going to ring the anesthetist and ask him what the go may be. i will ge glad when this is all over with!!
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MG the hospital rang today and told me NO fluid, but im going to ring the anesthetist and ask him what the go may be. i will ge glad when this is all over with!!
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I'll be norty and say yes, that is exactly what I tell MY patients... but I also know that small sips of water totally no greater than a small cup of water up to 4 hours before the surgery will not have an impact on the patient during surgery. it will not increase their chances of aspiration and poses little increase in possible negative side effects. As I previously mentioned - blanket rule because some people just can not (or won't) follow basic instructions or don't believe they apply to them. But we regularly operate on people who have consumed liquids 4 hours pre-surgery and every anethetist I've ever spoken with (bar the one at RCH who got reprimanded) do not consider it an issue...unless it is milk which is why I say water or diluted apple juice.
Def speak to the anethetist though. They will tell you what they are happy to work with and what they consider too risky. Let me know if you have any questions.
MG
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When my Daughter had a GA I was told small sips of water were fine. I was also told the main reason is to prevent vomitting.
I kept my girl up late gave her the last snack at 10pm then let her sleep in right up until I was ready to go - luckily we were 2nd on the list so once we arrived we didnt have to wait long for her op so although she did ask for something she didnt get too distressed when I said no.
Good luck with it. Make sure you have someone with you on the day to distract you. I went into RCH on my own and I was pacing the whole time she was gone- I needed someone who could of distracted me and passed the time faster (her op took longer than grommets take).
Sjl
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