Advice needed - Mikayla's surgery - ONE more question

So I plan to get mikayla a new bear with scrubs for her surgery....the doctor said they will not allow the bear in the operating room for obvious reasons....

I am not sure If I should let her hold it until she goes into the OR or just give it to her in recovery. I know they will give her versed first to calm her down before they take her to the OR so should I let her hold it while we wait in the waiting room and then take it when they come to bring her to the OR

If she is loopy on the versed, will she cry when I take her bear away or will she be really out of it?

TIA for any advice or suggestions. I plan to take her to build a bear this weekend to get the bear

UPDATE - one more question. She is potty trained (only wears diapers at night and I plan to get rid of these this weekend)

do you think she will be able to hold "it" during surgery and throughout her recovery or should I just put a diaper on her just in case?

Message edited 6/16/2009 12:46:10 PM.

Re: Advice needed - Mikayla's surgery

I think she will be too loopy to realize you took the bear, so I would let her snuggle with it until they take her, then give it right back to her at recovery. She will probably think it was with her the entire time. Good luck with everything

Re: Advice needed - Mikayla's surgery

Posted by EmmaNick

I think she will be too loopy to realize you took the bear, so I would let her snuggle with it until they take her, then give it right back to her at recovery. She will probably think it was with her the entire time. Good luck with everything

Re: Advice needed - Mikayla's surgery

I say give her the bear while in the waiting room, snd take it away as you bring her in the OR room. One of yoyu will walk her into the room and leave when she is knocked out. They have you in the room until she is completely out and then you leave. Then give it back to her in the recovery room. Matthew LOVES his blanky, and did NOT cry when we took it from him.
She may cry in the recovery room, bothy my boys did and it is just the reaction from the anasthesia, so dont worry about that.
Both of you will be just fine. Whn eyou go home she may take a nap and wake up like NOTHING ever happened

Re: Advice needed - Mikayla's surgery

Message edited 6/16/2009 12:19:24 PM.

Re: Advice needed - Mikayla's surgery

I have absolutely no experience with this surgery, but I know that I have to move mountains to get anything out of DD's hands on the best of days. So based on my own kid, I say give it to her afterwards. The last thing you need is for her to get upset on the way in.

Good luck!

Re: Advice needed - Mikayla's surgery

Posted by eroxgirl
The last thing you need is for her to get upset on the way in.

Good luck!

Re: Advice needed - Mikayla's surgery

Posted by eroxgirl

I have absolutely no experience with this surgery, but I know that I have to move mountains to get anything out of DD's hands on the best of days. So based on my own kid, I say give it to her afterwards. The last thing you need is for her to get upset on the way in.

Good luck!

Re: Advice needed - Mikayla's surgery

I think when she goes to get prepped for surgery (eg, changing clothes, etc), that's when you can't have any personal items. Maybe she can sleep with it the night before, carry it in on the way to the hospital, and then you can tell her the bear will be waiting with mommy in the waiting room whenever it is that you will have to wait there as well. She'll probably also be very loopy when she wakes up, but you will have the bear for whenever she asks for it.

Re: Advice needed - Mikayla's surgery - added another question to the OP

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Re: Advice needed - Mikayla's surgery

Posted by Mikismom

Posted by Diane

One of yoyu will walk her into the room and leave when she is knocked out. They have you in the room until she is completely out and then you leave.

I do not think my hosital allows parents into the OR at all

Re: Advice needed - Mikayla's surgery - ONE more question

Regarding the second question-will they let her have a diaper on? I've only had surgery a couple times, but I always remember be buck naked except for the gown.

Re: Advice needed - Mikayla's surgery - ONE more question

Re: Advice needed - Mikayla's surgery - ONE more question

Posted by Mikismom

Posted by CrankyPants

Regarding the second question-will they let her have a diaper on? I've only had surgery a couple times, but I always remember be buck naked except for the gown.

ah, that is true and thinking it over, even if they allowed it, I am not going to use a diaper....if she has an accident, she has an accident'

I think she will be fine as she is not allowed to drink anything before the surgery

Re: Advice needed - Mikayla's surgery - ONE more question

With G's surgery..she wasn't allowed to drink anything the morning of the surgery and with intraveneous she didn't go until 8pm that night...So i'd go with undies and they put a pad under her anyways...But just know with g they wanted to collect her urine before she was allowed to leave to make sure she was passing enough fluid.

As for the bear..it depends on the hospital i think..the childrens hospital let me go with her into the OR and i was only allowed to stay until they started administering the sleepy gas and they wouldn't let her bring her loveys in there..i held them and gave to her in recovery.