Comments on: Super tweaked

By: Alexandra

Alexandra — Thu, 27 May 2010 06:51:25 +0000

Just read this…I can’t believe it. My rexy. Please let us know how he does.

It is painful, all my boys had it. Thank God Tylenol’s been invented.

By: Frances

Frances — Wed, 26 May 2010 18:05:06 +0000

Just read this! Hope everything’s ok! update us!

By: BalancingMama (Julie)

BalancingMama (Julie) — Tue, 25 May 2010 20:29:32 +0000

GOOD LUCK! He will be fine and you will be able to give him extra cuddles soon. Prayes & happy thoughts coming your way.

By: Daphne

Daphne — Tue, 25 May 2010 14:23:21 +0000

waaa, ready to cry now ( we leave in 90 minutes) I was dreading not being able to nurse him, but he has been okay. He loves getting a bottle of apple juice. His last liquids before the cut off.
Thank you all so much. I will remember all this. And I will cry when he is not around.

By: Megan

Megan — Tue, 25 May 2010 13:43:05 +0000

Best wishes tomorrow for little Rex!

Thankfully my kids have not yet gone under the knife. My husband is a surgeon at a large children’s hospital and so I get the tales from the other side of the ordeal. I know those doctors all work so hard and care so much for each and every patient. Please know that Rex will be in good hands!

And yes, it is more traumatic for the parents.

By: Becky K

Becky K — Tue, 25 May 2010 13:36:42 +0000

Both of my children have had surgery and it does not get easier with each experience. I am a nurse and I tend to comfort myself with the knowledge in what is the proper and safe way to do each task in the hospital. Did they wash their hands before touching my child…check, does my child have enough pain relief….check. etc. I get lost in the details so I feel like I have some control over the situation. You are your child’s best advocate and you should embrace that role. Make sure you ask all the questions you can so you will be well informed during every step. I think it might help to calm you during the whole process. Also, feel free to cry after they take him to surgery if you have to. There is no shame in letting your emotions out. It will actually make you feel better. I hope everything goes well for little Rex and I wish him a speedy recovery!

By: Monique

Monique — Tue, 25 May 2010 12:53:35 +0000

I see the problem in the very first picture. He has pocinuts. (3 year old word for chicken pox).
Buck up kid. Some Moms fret because of how inconvenient their little ones are. They don’t know the “joy” of being concerned for their offspring. You know the ones I mean. They feed their children 3 Musketeer bars ( NEW SUPER KING SIZE!) and Dr. Pepper for breakfast and drug them with 5 hours of TV/video games.”An operation? That’s 2 hours he won’t be in my hair!” Try to enjoy the worry.
Blimey….that sounds pretty dumb….more caffeine!

By: Kristin

Kristin — Tue, 25 May 2010 01:24:13 +0000

Let me just say that its worse for you than it will be for him. My daughter is six and had her first set of tubes put in when she was 4 months old, again at age 3, and had her tonsils and adenoids removed last year. The last surgery was by far THE worst. I didn’t sleep all night once we had her home, and every sound she made I freaked out. Freaked. I felt like it was the worst decision I made, and I hated to see her in so much pain. But? It passed. She was fine, I was fine, and we all made it through. It’s not going to be easy for you, but here is my advice: keep thinking to yourself, “Soon this will be over. Rex will be okay, I will be okay, and everything will be back to normal before I know it”. I know it sounds stupid but that’s what got me through. Knowing that it would all end soon and we would be back to being healthy and normal.
Sorry if that doesn’t help but that was my experience.
Good luck to you and little Rex!