DS is having his hypospadias surgery tomorrow morning...we've known since he was a couple days old that this was coming, but I am still anxious about it.
In addition to the surgery - which I know is routine out-patient, but still, is surgery nonetheless - I am nervous about how he will handle not being able to have a bottle in the morning...I am preparing myself for an all out meltdown, and just hate to see him so upset, and THEN send him in for surgery :-( You'd think they'd come up with a better way by now, especially for babies! He can at least have some Pedialyte 4 hours before surgery, so I'm going to wake him early tomorrow to give him some so he has something in his belly at least.
Please wish us luck, and keep DS in your T&P tomorrow!
Re: Hypospadias surgery tomorrow...
His surgery is not until 9:45, which I was a little disappointed with, because he usually wakes up at 6:30-7 and gets a bottle right away. I was hoping for really early in the morning, but they said they do it by age, so there must be a younger baby or two ahead of him.
I'm currently debating whether to wake him at 2:15 this morning to give him a bottle before the cutoff (2:45)...
Good luck!! My DS had that surgery when was 7 months old and while it was scary, he recovered very quickly and did great. I hope you have a similar experience!
A quick word of advice - if they make you double diaper, try to find natural fiber diapers for the inner diaper. If you use a regular one, the absorbent stuff inside gets everywhere when you cut the front of the diaper! Its gross and cannot be healthy for a healing wound. We actually ended up cutting up baby wash clothes to make a little bumper around his penis as it healed. So much easier than cutting up diapers!
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