Guest guest Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 Reasonable activity won't hurt him...and that seems pretty reasonable for a 3yo! I used to be a little embarassed when people would come visit us a couple days after surgery and Chloe would be jumping on the couch, looking like the picture of health! We tried movies, coloring, crafts, and all of those work for a while. The only time the surgeon was concerned about activity was when she had a prosthesis placed...then it was no gymnastics, swinging or amusement parks. Her activity has never caused her eardrum any trouble, and that's pretty remarkable since she has had twelve surgeries, eight of which were tympanoplasty/mastoidectomies... almost a year since the last, so we are starting to feel pretty hopeful! Happy healing! On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 1:15 PM, <janetmunro3@...> wrote: Hi all!Has anyone had any experience with trying to keep a 3 year old not running/jumping after surgery? He hasn't complained about pain these 4 days. He has already run, jumped, cried, and played on the floor lying on affected ear. I constantly remind him and try to destract him. I am just worried that the ear drum will not heal. Janet-son's post op day #4Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 Janet-you can be relieved that he is full of vim and vigour and not in pain-have faith that his body will tell him what is necessary- I think that air pressure is worse so no holding his breath or blowing up balloons and the like-lol---not that a 3 year old would be blowing up balloons..... Denna Poulos From: "janetmunro3@..." <janetmunro3@...>cholesteatoma Sent: Tue, April 20, 2010 1:15:12 PMSubject: Post-op Hi all! Has anyone had any experience with trying to keep a 3 year old not running/jumping after surgery? He hasn't complained about pain these 4 days. He has already run, jumped, cried, and played on the floor lying on affected ear. I constantly remind him and try to destract him. I am just worried that the ear drum will not heal. Janet-son's post op day #4Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 Healing is the BEAUTIFUL gift of God Moreover, children has tremendous healing potential as compared to adult. So long as there is dressing, nothing will happen. Good luck Dr. Arun Gupta, India On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 10:45 PM, <janetmunro3@...> wrote: Hi all! Has anyone had any experience with trying to keep a 3 year old not running/jumping after surgery? He hasn't complained about pain these 4 days. He has already run, jumped, cried, and played on the floor lying on affected ear. I constantly remind him and try to destract him. I am just worried that the ear drum will not heal. Janet-son's post op day #4Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2010 Report Share Posted September 10, 2010 Hi, As I posted a few days ago my daughter had her first surgery for correction of the epicanthal fold. At her follow up visit, the surgeon said he might no be able to do the eyelid lift (projected at 5 years old) since she has no lacrimal glands. Right now her eyes are lubrified by the glands in her eyelids, but once lifted up, her eyes might be too dry. I am now very concerned that she might not be able to ger her lids lifted, and that it might affect her vision. There is still a chance that he can do it, but he will have to evaluate when the time comes...So I am now uncertain of what will happen. Has anyone been in that situation? thanks for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 12, 2010 Report Share Posted September 12, 2010 Hi Micheline Although this group is quite big, and some members have several in their family with BPES, there may be quite a difference in our circumstances. The best thing is for you to seek advice from another oculoplastic surgeon, especially one with experience of treating people with BPES. Perhaps one of the Canadian members of this group can help to put you in touch with somebody. This link seems to be relevant: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/839075-overview it is meant for medics, but I think you can benefit from reading it. The author is from Canada, and perhaps via him you can find another BPES specialist. Regards Shireen Mohandes London, England From: blepharophimosis [mailto:blepharophimosis ] On Behalf Of mkabrita Sent: 10 September 2010 15:16 blepharophimosis Subject: blepharophimosis Post-op Hi, As I posted a few days ago my daughter had her first surgery for correction of the epicanthal fold. At her follow up visit, the surgeon said he might no be able to do the eyelid lift (projected at 5 years old) since she has no lacrimal glands. Right now her eyes are lubrified by the glands in her eyelids, but once lifted up, her eyes might be too dry. I am now very concerned that she might not be able to ger her lids lifted, and that it might affect her vision. There is still a chance that he can do it, but he will have to evaluate when the time comes...So I am now uncertain of what will happen. Has anyone been in that situation? thanks for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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