Question regarding surgery experiences...

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Livi is having another tenotomy or a posterior capsulectomy (if

necessary) on 2/15. Here are some questions I have for BTDT parents

who have had any type of foot surgery on their baby of this age:

She will be 11 mos. old for the surgery.

How long does it take baby to wake up after surgery?

Do they apply new casts while baby is still under anesthesia?

Can baby still cruise/walk with casts on?

How long will baby be very fussy?

Do they give pain medication to administer at home?

Darby

Livi 3/15/04 bi cf

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darby... my gracie had her first tendon release at 8 months old... she woke up

within 15 minutes after surgery... was a little groggy for about 1/2 hour... and

was HUNGRY... she's a eater... and to be honest with you... she stood up in the

bed at the hospital with the long cast (up to her diaper) on... and she was

cruising the furniture when we got home that afternoon... took her a few minutes

to figure out how to manuever the cast... but not more than an hour... she was a

little cranky the first night... and they rx'd her tylenol with codine... but i

didn't give it to her... i just gave her motrin.. and she was fine... and she

had the tendon release on her other foot on the 23rd of december (she was 12

months) and same thing... was standing 45 minutes afterwards without a care in

the world.... and yes... they should put the cast on while they are still out...

now all she had was the Achilles tendon release... no other procedure... so i

can't vouch for that... but i know it's harder

on me sitting in that waiting room that any of it was on her... good luck....

mommy to Grace 12-03-03 BCF

Darby dabrennan@...> wrote:

Livi is having another tenotomy or a posterior capsulectomy (if

necessary) on 2/15. Here are some questions I have for BTDT parents

who have had any type of foot surgery on their baby of this age:

She will be 11 mos. old for the surgery.

How long does it take baby to wake up after surgery?

Do they apply new casts while baby is still under anesthesia?

Can baby still cruise/walk with casts on?

How long will baby be very fussy?

Do they give pain medication to administer at home?

Darby

Livi 3/15/04 bi cf

lisa caroland

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Darby,

As a btdt (and thanks to all our posts I know what that means now)

parent, I can say the recovery time varies and they call you back to

get her after she is already awake. She will be groggy for awhile.

Yes, she will come out of the surgery in casts, they just added the

fiberglass right before we left.

yes, she will get around almost the next day, cruising and trying to

stand,

was fussy until we stopped the vallium and other bad drugs. He

had a hard time coming out of the pain meds and it made him very

cranky. Once we got him back on just tylenol with codiene or just

plain tylenol, he did just fine and was his normal happy self. And

yes, they usually send you home with stuff.

Livi will do just fine. The hardest part is handing her over to the

doctors. Bring tissue.

Lord bless you and I will keep you in my prayers!!! Hang in there,

it's not as bad as you think it will be. Get through it and then get

her off the pain meds as soon as possible. She will surprise you!

We're all pulling for you!

Lord bless you and bring you His joy and peace,

atypcial bl cf 10-09-03

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> Livi is having another tenotomy or a posterior capsulectomy (if

> necessary) on 2/15. Here are some questions I have for BTDT parents

> who have had any type of foot surgery on their baby of this age:

> She will be 11 mos. old for the surgery.

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> How long does it take baby to wake up after surgery?

> Do they apply new casts while baby is still under anesthesia?

> Can baby still cruise/walk with casts on?

> How long will baby be very fussy?

> Do they give pain medication to administer at home?

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> Darby

> Livi 3/15/04 bi cf

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Thank you for sharing your experience... I'm totally the type of

person who has to plan and prepare mentally so I an handle it better.

I'm so terrified - I too think the hardest part will be handing her

over. I wish the date would just come so we can get it over with!

Thanks again!

Darby

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> > Livi is having another tenotomy or a posterior capsulectomy (if

> > necessary) on 2/15. Here are some questions I have for BTDT

parents

> > who have had any type of foot surgery on their baby of this age:

> > She will be 11 mos. old for the surgery.

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> > How long does it take baby to wake up after surgery?

> > Do they apply new casts while baby is still under anesthesia?

> > Can baby still cruise/walk with casts on?

> > How long will baby be very fussy?

> > Do they give pain medication to administer at home?

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> > Darby

> > Livi 3/15/04 bi cf

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Thanks !

I was so worried about how long it would be before she could stand up

again....it sounds like her will to get around should take over

pretty quick.

Darby

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> necessary) on 2/15. Here are some questions I have for BTDT

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> who have had any type of foot surgery on their baby of this age:

> She will be 11 mos. old for the surgery.

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> How long does it take baby to wake up after surgery?

> Do they apply new casts while baby is still under anesthesia?

> Can baby still cruise/walk with casts on?

> How long will baby be very fussy?

> Do they give pain medication to administer at home?

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You'll like the fiberglass casts compared to the plaster. When we had to go to

two wk healing casts after we got blisters they used fiberglass. They are much

lighter and just easier to handle I thought. Also, Aidan had alot of swelling

after we came out of the plaster casts. His swelling actually all went down in

the fiberglass and we had no swelling when we went back into the shoes.

Wold aliwold2@...> wrote:

Darby,

As a btdt (and thanks to all our posts I know what that means now)

parent, I can say the recovery time varies and they call you back to

get her after she is already awake. She will be groggy for awhile.

Yes, she will come out of the surgery in casts, they just added the

fiberglass right before we left.

yes, she will get around almost the next day, cruising and trying to

stand,

was fussy until we stopped the vallium and other bad drugs. He

had a hard time coming out of the pain meds and it made him very

cranky. Once we got him back on just tylenol with codiene or just

plain tylenol, he did just fine and was his normal happy self. And

yes, they usually send you home with stuff.

Livi will do just fine. The hardest part is handing her over to the

doctors. Bring tissue.

Lord bless you and I will keep you in my prayers!!! Hang in there,

it's not as bad as you think it will be. Get through it and then get

her off the pain meds as soon as possible. She will surprise you!

We're all pulling for you!

Lord bless you and bring you His joy and peace,

atypcial bl cf 10-09-03

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> Livi is having another tenotomy or a posterior capsulectomy (if

> necessary) on 2/15. Here are some questions I have for BTDT parents

> who have had any type of foot surgery on their baby of this age:

> She will be 11 mos. old for the surgery.

>

> How long does it take baby to wake up after surgery?

> Do they apply new casts while baby is still under anesthesia?

> Can baby still cruise/walk with casts on?

> How long will baby be very fussy?

> Do they give pain medication to administer at home?

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> Darby

> Livi 3/15/04 bi cf

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Darby,

Kelsey had her tenotomy done under general anesthesia when she was just

shy of 12 months old. It did not take her long to wake up but she did

seem to be in pain when she woke up. They gave her some Tylenol and

some more fentanyl, which was the pain medication they had given her

during surgery. I rocked her for a little while until that took effect

and then she fell asleep. Then, they took out her IV and sent her

home. She threw up one time on the way home but we do have an hour's

drive from the hospital. Once we got home, she slept for about 5 hours,

woke up, ate a light supper and went back to sleep for the night after

another dose of Tylenol. They did not give us anything stronger but she

really did not need it after the fentanyl injection in the hospital..

She was fine the next day, no longer even requiring the Tylenol. The

Doctor did put her cast on during surgery so she woke up with it on and

she was able to maneuver in it pretty well. She actually took her first

solo steps while wearing the cast. I have no experience with the

capsulectomy so hopefully someone else can help you with that

information. Good luck.

Jenni

Darby wrote:

>Livi is having another tenotomy or a posterior capsulectomy (if

>necessary) on 2/15. Here are some questions I have for BTDT parents

>who have had any type of foot surgery on their baby of this age:

>She will be 11 mos. old for the surgery.

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>How long does it take baby to wake up after surgery?

>Do they apply new casts while baby is still under anesthesia?

>Can baby still cruise/walk with casts on?

>How long will baby be very fussy?

>Do they give pain medication to administer at home?

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>Darby

>Livi 3/15/04 bi cf

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Oh my! We had the plaster and then reinforced with the plaster.

Double duty, every time. that must have been a lot lighter! Nice!

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> > Livi is having another tenotomy or a posterior capsulectomy (if

> > necessary) on 2/15. Here are some questions I have for BTDT parents

> > who have had any type of foot surgery on their baby of this age:

> > She will be 11 mos. old for the surgery.

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> > How long does it take baby to wake up after surgery?

> > Do they apply new casts while baby is still under anesthesia?

> > Can baby still cruise/walk with casts on?

> > How long will baby be very fussy?

> > Do they give pain medication to administer at home?

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hhahaha, what I meant to say was plaster and then reinforced with the

fiberglass...

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> > necessary) on 2/15. Here are some questions I have for BTDT parents

> > who have had any type of foot surgery on their baby of this age:

> > She will be 11 mos. old for the surgery.

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> > How long does it take baby to wake up after surgery?

> > Do they apply new casts while baby is still under anesthesia?

> > Can baby still cruise/walk with casts on?

> > How long will baby be very fussy?

> > Do they give pain medication to administer at home?

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o.k. how weird is that? my first post posted after my second post!!

Now I seem just plain silly...sorry, long day!

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> > > Livi is having another tenotomy or a posterior capsulectomy (if

> > > necessary) on 2/15. Here are some questions I have for BTDT

parents

> > > who have had any type of foot surgery on their baby of this age:

> > > She will be 11 mos. old for the surgery.

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> > > How long does it take baby to wake up after surgery?

> > > Do they apply new casts while baby is still under anesthesia?

> > > Can baby still cruise/walk with casts on?

> > > How long will baby be very fussy?

> > > Do they give pain medication to administer at home?

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> How long does it take baby to wake up after surgery?

was awake and crying by the time I got to the recovery room. I

think he woke up almost immediately after they took him there.

> Do they apply new casts while baby is still under anesthesia? Yes.

> Can baby still cruise/walk with casts on? did.

> How long will baby be very fussy?

was fussy for a couple of days after, especially during the

night. He would wake often crying and I had to give him pain

medication at night. During the day no pain medication and he was

only fussy the first day after the surgery.

> Do they give pain medication to administer at home?

We had Tylenol with codeine. We gave him some right after the surgery

and then only at night when he seemed to be in the most pain.

and bilateral cf dbb 23/7