Brook Report post Posted January 12, 2006 Hi all, We are now back from hospital, it is great to be home! My little one was sooooo brave, he is now recuperating. I, on the otherhand was a complete wreck when he was having his op, I blubbed the whole time, I was on my own so I had to find somewhere to hide up! It was the longest two hours of my life! Anyway, thanks for all your kind messages. Brook Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kathryn Report post Posted January 12, 2006 Hi Brook, good to see you back. So relieved to hear it all went well, I have never been in this situation so can't imagine what you must have gone through - you are brave as well. Well done to your son as well, I wish him a quick and smooth recovery from the op. <'> K x Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baddad Report post Posted January 13, 2006 Brook - if you had to watch him 'count back from five' on your own i know how hard that is <'> <'> <'> It broke me up completely and i am a strong, rugged, firm jawed hunk, so i dread to think what it must have been like for a 'girlie' like you... Absolutlely- ******* - positively well done, both of you... accept these <'> <'> <'> <'> <'> <'> <'> <'> and i promise i won't cop a sneaky feel (so that's a first) L&P BD <'> Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brook Report post Posted January 13, 2006 No sneaky feels Actually I didn't watch him count down from five, he was going crazy kicking and screaming, they were trying to put it in his hand but the vein wasn't big enough, so the poor little lamb had to sit on my lap whilst they attacked him with a mask, he was screaming so much that he took in big gulps of the gas, his little eyes were looking at me as if to say 'why the hell are you letting them do this'? then he was out, I felt absolutely awful and worried, but I knew he had to have it done. Our kids are our everything arent they, and it's heartbreaking when they have to have things like that done. It was awful for hubby too, as he was at home worrying himself sick! But thankfully we are back home safe and sound, and my ASD son is just sooooo pleased to have his mummy and brother back home, well, it probably wont last long as they will soon be fighting over the gamecube, playstation and x-box. Brook Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sallya Report post Posted January 13, 2006 <'> s xxx Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
big mamma Report post Posted January 13, 2006 Well done both for being so brave <'> Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UltraMum Report post Posted January 13, 2006 I think the anaesthetic room is the worst bit, personally. Glad it all went well and that you are now back home. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
annie Report post Posted January 13, 2006 <'> <'> to you all. XX Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
barefoot wend Report post Posted January 13, 2006 Glad to hear you're back safe. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DaisyProudfoot Report post Posted January 13, 2006 Glad everything went OK for you. <'> <'> <'> You don't really realise how fragile life is until your children end up in hospital. My NT daughter (AS son's twin, now 9) almost died from whooping cough when she was just six weeks old - she was so ill my mother-in-law suggested we get her baptised. I refused saying she would pull through, which she did eventually. It was a horrible time, she was so tiny and full of tubes with students coming in to her cubicle to hear her cough just so they would recognise it in the future. I never, never, never want to go through that again. Daisy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stressed out mum Report post Posted January 13, 2006 Bless you Never been through that but it sounds like a very difficult time. Put your feet up now and relax together <'> Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viper Report post Posted January 13, 2006 Brook, that must have been Horrendous, watching your little man go through that. Hope everything works out ok for him now. <'> Best wishes, Viper. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nellie Report post Posted January 13, 2006 Brook <'> <'> Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oracle Report post Posted January 13, 2006 Brook <'> Been through this with all three of mine and it is not a nice experience. David had the same problem as your son. The needle would not go into his vein and they then clamped a mask onto his face Not nice. On the positive side you are both back home now Spoil yourselves a little - or a lot you deserve it. Carole Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smiley Report post Posted January 13, 2006 Pleased to hear your home <'> <'> <'> Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lil_me Report post Posted January 13, 2006 Pleased to hear you are both home, hope he makes a speedy recovery Thankfully my son reacts better to gas masks but only if we pre warn him for a few days before hand, needles on the other hand he pulls them out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Suze Report post Posted January 14, 2006 Hi Brook glad he,s back home, how,s the pain relief going?.............is his leg in a soft cast or plaster?...........can remember the whole op procedure all too vividly, ,my hubby could,nt handle it at all, and turned and walked away down a very long corridoor on the way up to theatre.I can remember going into the recovery room after and my little ones eyes and mouth were all swollen from where they had taped her eyes shut, and the tubes went in.You,ve all been so brave, hope his leg gets better really soon <'> love Suzex. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ceecee Report post Posted January 14, 2006 Brook Wishing him better soon <'> <'> It's so painful to watch your child in hospital.Take care Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brook Report post Posted January 14, 2006 Hi Brook glad he,s back home, how,s the pain relief going?.............is his leg in a soft cast or plaster?...........can remember the whole op procedure all too vividly, ,my hubby could,nt handle it at all, and turned and walked away down a very long corridoor on the way up to theatre.I can remember going into the recovery room after and my little ones eyes and mouth were all swollen from where they had taped her eyes shut, and the tubes went in.You,ve all been so brave, hope his leg gets better really soon <'> love Suzex. Thanks all. Suze, he is in a full leg fibre glass plaster, he is obviously very used to being in plaster with his condition and he copes really well with them, he always finds a way to do things, he amazes me. As for pain relief everyone was astounded that when they took him off the morphine drip, he didn't require any more painkillers, he has not moaned or cried at all, but then again I know that the plaster alleviates alot of the pain, he has to have it taken off in six weeks time and it will definitely hurt him for a few days after that. Thanks for all your good wishes, they really helped. Brook Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Suze Report post Posted January 14, 2006 we had a morphine drip too, a lifesaver, when your son comes out of this cast will he wear orthotics, or splints?..............is there any way to protect their limbs and stop them from breaking?Do you belong to a support group for your sons condition?Love Suzex. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites