quote:
Doc says this is very routine, although he's on the lower end of the age range to get this done. I was much older when I had mine out.

Any advice from OTers on how to help him out post-surgery? I've got a freezer full of ice cream at the ready.

My daughter got hers out whens she was 5 and really from her standpoint she never knew she was "sick."

We did have a few wild story parenting moments though. When we left the surgery center they told us post op her scabs would shed on day 2 and day 10, dont know why but that was in the notes. Well all was going well until the ninth or tenth night. She woke up in her bed around midnight vomiting crimson red liquid and we were catching it in a small garbage can and she had probably put pint to a quart in there and it looked like pure blood. We called the pediatrician on call and they said it was probably just the scab she,d and the stomach will not tolerate fresh blood and hence she threw up. We were very concerned about blood loss... she only weighed 40 lbs, so the doctor told us to take her to the ER just in case (meanwhile she is oblivious to the whole thing like nothing happened). My wife passed out from the sight of the blood and I had to get the neighbor to come sit with her. My mom was with us at the time for exra babysitting while my daughter recovered. So Mom and I grabbed her up and sped to the ER at OLOL. It is amazing how much attention you get when you walk in and you have a 5 yr old girl in your arms that looks like she has been gunshot from all the blood she spewed on her jammies. They even will park your car for you!

Well it turned out that the blood just looked like a lot and she was fine. So the next day my Mom was supposed to return home but both of our kids came down with the Chickenpox...

That was 27 yrs ago!

0 ...

Report Post

Posted by Lou the Jew from LSU

Member since Oct 2006

5343 posts

Posted on 3/3/26 at 7:48 pm to FearTheFish

Aspergum

0 ...

Report Post

Posted by KBI2

Member since Dec 2025

10 posts

Posted on 3/3/26 at 7:58 pm to FearTheFish

Keep all medical records just in case he needs another year of eligibility in the future.

0 ...

Report Post

Posted by BoogaBear

Member since Jul 2013

7187 posts

Posted on 3/3/26 at 8:01 pm to EastWestConnection

quote:
Was it just the pain ?

You are on a rotation of pain meds for at least 2 weeks. Every 4 hours you take liquid hydrocodone, and 600 mg of ibuprofen staggered so you're taking something every 2 hours.

You basically sit there counting the seconds until your next dose. Bad days, the ibuprofen does nothing. I'm talking around the clock 2 weeks. I slept propped up on the couch and had an alarm for every 2 hours.

They tell you to eat what you can and the more you can the faster you will get over it. I did that and eating was excruciating. Muster up every bit of courage you can just to swallow a half spoon of mashed potatoes.

The other part they didn't mentioned, they demolished my tongue with the clamps. My tongue was actually sore for 6+ months. It hurt to move it 1/4 inch, insanely painful, like a torn muscle. I still have a numb spot across my tongue where the feeling hasn't come back...2 years later.

I was in so much pain one day I decided I wanted ice cream in my protein shake. I got in the truck and started off to Publix, holy shite should I not have been driving after being on pain meds for a week straight, I made it, wife nearly killed me when she found out. I couldn't eat the ice cream, cold hurt too much. The best was warm coffee and tea.

0 ...

Report Post

Posted by LSU316