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[Meerkat]

Hi guys

Monday is going to be really stressful for me and worrying

since Nov last yr i have been waiting for an appointment for my 12 yr old to go in to hospital to have his tonsils out

well he started high school on Tuesday and so has spent this week there and now goes in to hospital on Monday to have his tonsils out.
we have to be at the hospital at 8am and it will take us an hour and a half to get there! I have just learnt that we will have to stay over night on the Monday after the op - I'm dreading it and can't wait for it to be over and done with.

To make matters worse i feel like I'm coming down with a cold so am dozing myself up as OH can't do the hospital bit (he will be working from home to be with my other child and dogs tho)

Help I need to not show how scared I am for my son but I am any advice / prayers will be welcome

So I'll be off line for a while but thinking of you all ;)

[Alpha]

Oye Oye Oye...you'll be fine and so will the wee man. You have to be brave for him or he'll panic as well. I got to admit i love the feeling you get when they are putting you under. i am surprised you have got to stay in over night they normally throw you out 10 minutes later here :lol: .

[Meerkat]

Oye Oye Oye...you'll be fine and so will the wee man. You have to be brave for him or he'll panic as well. I got to admit i love the feeling you get when they are putting you under. i am surprised you have got to stay in over night they normally throw you out 10 minutes later here :lol: .


Thanks Hun

But He had a blood disorder which could be the reason for this ................ even the dr's had to look it up once it was diagnoised so it's rare but herediataty (sp)

My dad had it and has passed it on shame it wasn't money lol

[lyn]

aww prayers from me for you and your boy cazza. i think you'll surprise yourself on just how good an actor you can be when you're a mum. i'm sure everything will be fine and he'll be right as rain before you are :lol:

[Meerkat]

aww prayers from me for you and your boy cazza. i think you'll surprise yourself on just how good an actor you can be when you're a mum. i'm sure everything will be fine and he'll be right as rain before you are :lol:


Thanks Lyn

I'm reading all this and the tears are flowing :cry: blimey i need to get a grip ;) I'm great infront of the kids but give me a room to myself and i fall apart ;)

[lyn]

aww cazza don't cry :cry: you'll start me off and i've done more than enough of that lately.

[Michelle]

Cazza, will be thinking of you on monday, just keep saying to yourself 'this time tommorrow it will all be over' worked for me when I had twins.
Best wishes hon xxxxxxxxx

[Simon]

Best wishes caz. Im sure everything will go absolutely fine.

Try not to worry too much about it all. Im sure they have dealt with similar a lot of times before.

xxxxx

[Angela]

I think posting on a forum telling how scared you are shows you have courage . You will be suprised as said previous at how in these situations us mothers can show bravery in front of our children when they need to be reassured . Your son will be fine and you'll be there for him which is all he can ask . If he's anything like my son he'll want to bring his tonsils home in a jar :roll:

See you back here when it's all done , Keep your tongue out (I have no idea what that means either my dad says it all the time :? )

[Alpha]

My dad had it and has passed it on shame it wasn't money lol
Why is on the whole your parents just pass on all all the stuff they don't want. Its a bit of biological car boot sale ;)

[MightyMouth]

Thinking of you pet. Text and let me know how it went xx

[Meerkat]

Thanks everyone for your kind remarks and thoughts ;)

Yes I'll give you a text while I'm down there and let you know how he is and Thanks ;)

[Michelle]

Hi Cazza, how is your boy? hope everything went well :13:

[Simon]

Yeah, I was wondering that when I woke up this morning too.

Did everything go alright?

[Meerkat]

Thanks guys ;)

Well what a wee superman I have ;) :13: (SI I need an angel smilie ;) )
He went under no prob no signs of worrying (well from him anyway :11: )

He came round and kept asking if they had his tooth :?: I was totally baffled :|
Well it turns out when he woke up his tongue automatically went to play with a loose tooth and it wasn't there, this was made clear before he could explain to me what he meant by a nurse coming in and saying she has a present and handed me a specimin jar with his tooth in it :lol:

Anyhow about an hour later he was sat up in bed eating a banana followed by a round of ham sandwiches (Angel smilie) Then we watched a dvd and played PS2 (portable player on his bed table)
And the other kids came back crying and screaming, poor things but Michael was an (angel smilie)

He took all the medication (pain killers) without a fuss and even walked down to the other ward where we were to spend the night. Ate his tea no bother and eventually got some sleep about 11pm (doG knows how with the racket on the ward, i managed about 2 hours all night)

dr did rounds about 8.45am this morning and as he has been so good and eating he was told if he promised to keep eating he could go home. (apparently eating is the best way for it to heal and day 4, 5 and 6 will be the sore days for him so have to keep the pain killers going for 7 to 10 days)

we arrived home 10.30am and he has had a lovely bath and is now curled up on the settee with his duvet watching TV :13: I'm actually hoping he will fall asleep as the poor mite is shattered as am I

He will be off school for 2 weeks much to his disgust (Jamie would love to be off school, like chalk and cheese they are where school is concerned) this is maily due to possible infection

Thanks again for all your kind thoughs and wishes :12:

(PS looks like i have a lot of reading to do )

[Beth]

You must be so relieved, glad he's feeling okay. :12:

:lol: @ the tooth. :mrgreen:

[lyn]

glad you're home now cazza,after your texts yesterday i was feeling pangs of guilt every time i lit a ciggie :lol:
i think your boy was very brave. my friends 17 year old son had to have an op on his feet recently(he has a form of muscular dystrophy) when it was time to have the stitches out he was howling like a baby. my friend was fuming with the way he created :lol: :twisted: she refused point blank to go with him when it was time to have the metal wire things that were in his toes removed. she made his dad go instead :P

[Michelle]

So glad he is ok Cazza :13:

[Alpha]

I am really glad that everything went well and that you are both safe and sound at home.
You sound like you should be pampered now...so feet up and glass of wine for you later.

[baileybiggles]

Hope everything goes OK my middle son Stephen as a heart problem somthing he as had since birth
and As been in hospital loads of times and I was always the one who stayed with him and went down to theater
with him and everthing else so I know how you feel :13: and you will be strong and loving and everything your son wants you to be but you will still be a bag of nerves inside
love to you both

[Meerkat]

Thanks guys

The wine is flowing and my head is nodding :lol: Early to bed once the pain killers have been administered ;)

Si Just seen the wee man is coming home tonight, hope he settles in well

[Meerkat]

What a week :04: It's been really painful to watch him try to eat and on Sunday he was in tears

I ended up phoning the hospital and thought he would end up going back in but thankfully I think that was the low before he started to get better

Yeterday i took him out to see Fern's breeder so she could meet Braan and he seemed 100% better

last night he was still better and had less pain relief so hopefully this it and he will continue to improve and be back at school on Monday

Couldn't believe that he had to have 2 weeks off but I can see why now

My elec is bout to go off fo maintenance on the lines so I'd better log off for now

[lyn]

i'm so glad he's feeling better now cazza, its the worst thing in the world when your child is in pain and you can't do anything much to help. i thought of you a lot last week and wondered how he was. thankyou for the update :)

[Michelle]

Glad he's feeling better Cazza :13:

[Meerkat]

NO Pain relief today at all - what a turn around from last Sunday

Back to normal on Monday - that's gonna feel strange to me as he goes back to school and i'll have 3 dogs to look after

[Simon]

Things always get worse before they get better.

Glad all is well however.