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Babies in surgery- OR policy



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amother


 

Post Sun, Aug 30 2009, 8:31 am
For those with experience, were you allowed to stay with your baby until the anesthesia set in?
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happyone




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, Aug 30 2009, 8:58 am
Yes. Most pediatric hospitals allow one parent in.
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mummy-bh




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, Aug 30 2009, 9:07 am
Yes, although I must warn you that I found it one of the most harrowing aspects of being a mother.
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boruchhashem




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, Aug 30 2009, 9:46 am
I only went in once, couldn't handle it. So since then, its always dh that goes in....
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ray family




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, Aug 30 2009, 10:40 am
our daughter has been put under both in Israel and America
in Israel we were allowed to stay w/ her
in America not
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QUEENY




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, Aug 30 2009, 10:44 am
My son had heart surgery- we were not allowed to be with him.
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happy lady 7




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, Aug 30 2009, 11:08 am
my son also had a heart surgery and I was allowed to be till he fell asleep but this happened about 8 years ago
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Rodent




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, Aug 30 2009, 6:03 pm
I was also allowed to stay with our son when he went to sleep with the gas. It was so cute but so incredibly sad - he was sneaking his bottom lip out the bottom of the mask to breathe regular air, I kept poking it back in. I didn't find it distressing but he was not at all anxious or upset when he went under (which also meant it took longer) and it was a pretty simple procedure (tongue-tie correction). It wasn't in the operating room though, it was a side room and I placed him on a bed when he went to sleep that they then wheeled in. He was 22 months old at the time.
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melalyse




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, Aug 30 2009, 6:29 pm
My DD had tubes put in her ears at 11.5 months. I stayed with her until she was asleep.
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greenfire




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, Aug 30 2009, 6:52 pm
I thought the only time they don't let you in is if it's an emergency ...

when sonny boy had to be put under - his dad stayed with him till he fell asleep from anesthesia ... only one of us was allowed in ...
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micki




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Aug 31 2009, 8:10 am
by us they gave him a drug to induce amnesia, and we had to say goodbye.
I think it also depends if the child needs to be intubated.
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