Guest guest Posted March 5, 2004 Report Share Posted March 5, 2004 My cutie-pie, , will be having surgery in June when he's 3. He'll have the ptosis surgery when he's 4 or 4 1/2; he's such a peanut we have to wait until his muscles are big enough to harvest. Any advice for the epi surgery? How do you keep the little ones from rubbing their eyes and pulling out stitches? Thanks, all! Sari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 6, 2004 Report Share Posted March 6, 2004 My little Mason, who is not so little has now completed his second surgery and this summer we will be gearing up for the third. He will be 5 in June. His first surgery was at 2 1/2 months. It was for his ptosis and they put in the slings with tissue from the tissue bank. He just had his second surgery in the middle of Feb. This was transnasal wiring and cathoplexy (sp?) We were concerned about him messing with stitches and being in pain for both surgeries and we were pleasantly surprised when he neither touched a stitch or needed anything for pain. Mason is a unique soul so i would not predict that every child would handle it so wonderfully but he did fabulous. I wish you luck. I strongly believe that both surgeries were harder on his dad and I than him. Good luck! Becki Brethouwersnellshein <snellshein@...> wrote: My cutie-pie, , will be having surgery in June when he's 3. He'llhave the ptosis surgery when he's 4 or 4 1/2; he's such a peanut wehave to wait until his muscles are big enough to harvest.Any advice for the epi surgery? How do you keep the little ones fromrubbing their eyes and pulling out stitches? Thanks, all! Sari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2004 Report Share Posted March 7, 2004 snellshein wrote: > Any advice for the epi surgery? How do you keep the little ones from > rubbing their eyes and pulling out stitches? Thanks, all! Sari I called my mum today and asked her how she used to stop me from tinkering with wounds and stitches. She said she would roll up a wad of newspaper and tape it to the inside of my elbows (like a splint? or possibly a wedge?), so my arms could still bend a little, but not enough for me to touch my eyes. She suggested the tube from inside a roll of paper towel or whatever would possibly work as well, but wouldn't be as soft for delicate little arms. Does that makes sense? I'm not sure I quite understand what she meant. Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2004 Report Share Posted March 8, 2004 Everybody, thanks for the support! You totally relieved my anxiety about stitches being rubbed open. Rob, I'll try the newspaper/toilet roll trick if needed! Sari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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