thanks Carol. I really please with Mr Watts, I felt very safe in his hands. On the letter it says no food or drink for 6 hours before the operation. Do they tend to do children's procedure 1st thing? Matilda loves her food and get very grumpy if she doesn't get her milk first thing. The thought of making her wait for hours with out food or milk is worst than the thought of the operation at the moment! How do you distract a hungry toddler!
Ditto for us. Emily had both her operations on a Tuesday and was back in school on the Thursday. You have to be careful to keep the eye clean - no playing in the sand pit or similar, and no swimming for about a month. Eye drops, if I remember rightly, 4 times a day for the first week or so, and then slighlty less frequently.
Recovery form the operation shouldn't be a problem. However, you may well be asked to attend the eye clinic a couple of days after the operation for a post op check, and I think these post op checks were normally on the Friday after the operation (it may have been Thursday - it was a long time ago!).
You might want to check this out. You may however be able to get an post op follow up appointment on a different day so it might not be a problem. If your experience is anything like ours, you'll probably get some feedback after the operation anyway as the Surgeon does a ward round to talk to the parents when as soon as finished his list for the day.
Let me know if you need any more info. Good luck with both the operation and the move.
Carol
--- On Fri, 3/7/09, jbabek@sbcglobal. net <jbabek@sbcglobal. net> wrote:
From: jbabek@sbcglobal. net <jbabek@sbcglobal. net> Subject: Re: [duane's] Re: Operation recovery rate To: "duanes@yahoogroups .com" <duanes@yahoogroups. com> Date: Friday, 3 July, 2009, 8:16 AM
I had my operation on Tuesday and was sighting at the San Diego Zoo on that Thursday, back at work by the next Monday. As long as she doesn't have to do the moving (as I'm sure a 1 year old won't) she should be fine. --- In duanes@yahoogroups. com, "debbie_vandrill" <debbie_vandrill@ ...> wrote: > > Hi All > > My daughter has just received a date for her operation. She's not having MMR or VRT, it's more of an exploratory op to really see what's going on with her eye. The Dr is not 100% its Duane's. She will also be receiving botox. > > The date has unfortunately clashed with a house move later that week. The op's on the Tuesday and we're moving on the Friday. I'm in two minds on whether to reschedule the operation date. My daughter has just turned 1. Do
they bounce back from the operations fairly quickly? > > Thanks in advance! > > Debbie >
Hi All My daughter has just received a date for her operation. She's not having MMR or VRT, it's more of an exploratory op to really see what's going on with...
I had my operation on Tuesday and was sighting at the San Diego Zoo on that Thursday, back at work by the next Monday. As long as she doesn't have to do the...
I agree. I was also out sightseeing the Day after and I flew half way across the Country the day after surgery with no problems. On Jul 3, 2009, at 8:55 AM,...
Four years ago I had MMR on a Thursday, and was back to work on Monday. I only had the patch on for a day. 2 days after the surgery I was fine. And that was...
Hi Debbie  Ditto for us. Emily had both her operations on a Tuesday and was back in school on the Thursday. You have to be careful to keep the eye clean - no...
thanks Carol. I really please with Mr Watts, I felt very safe in his hands. On the letter it says no food or drink for 6 hours before the operation. Do they...
Things may well have changed since our experience was over 5 years ago, but at the time the operations were done in the afternoon (starting at 1pm I think)...
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