Jasper The Phang's No. 2: Surgery Day

Yes 9 Apr was DDay. The boy had to fast before his surgery so we chose the early morning slot. His last feed was around 2am and around 630 am we whisked him off to Mt E as he had to be there by 730am, the op was at 830am. Prior to that we had already done a pre-registration the week before, as such everything was already prepared when we arrived- his room/name tag etc.. The Nurse came in to check his temperature and BP, and by around 8am Dr Chui came in to take a look at the boy just to make sure he was well. Around 815am, I carried the boy and we were wheeled into the OT waiting area where we met the Anaesthesian - who was a very bubbly lady. She explained that one of us could accompany him into the OT to take his GA, and since he looks to be a very calm and curious baby she will do it slowly instead of immediately placing the mask on him. She would also need to put in an IV (for emergency) and will also given him a suppository - painkiller after the surgery.

We decided it would be me to go with him, so I had to get changed into the OT clothes. Around 830am both Drs arrived and we were once again wheeled into the OT. Inside the
Anaesthesian took out her bubble toy and got the nurses to entertain him while I was still carrying him she administered the GA by placing the tube near his mouth/nose. In about 2-3mins he suddenly felt grouchy and that was when she told me "it's coming", and she placed the mask on him and a few seconds later he went into sleep mode so I placed in on the OT table and left. Dr Chui told us to go have our breakfast and we can expect him to be out by 915am or so.

By 920am we recieved a call from Dr Chui to inform us that the op was done and we could come and wheel him back to the ward. When we enetered the OT area the boy was already awake and the Anaesthesian was carry him. Dr Chui showed us the node- size of a 20 cent coin there were 2 stuck together and we could already see abit of whitish pus. The boy still looked abit "sleeply" and kept coughing due to the GA, but he slowly recovered from that and 30 mins later he was drinking water and he managed to drink his milk and took 2 naps. The clinic nurse came to check on us and went through a checklist of things we should do / look out for when we're back home. We were given Cephalexin antibiotics (5-days course) and calpol (to be taken if he has fever) medications. Review will be next Saturday.

As were using his insurance, we had to stay the min 8hrs for Day Surgery to ensure we could make our claims. So by 315pm we were able to discharge and go home.

Afternote: The boy has taken the surgery well and is recovering. He's still very cheerful and never once grouchy during the whole surgery and back home. - So proud of this boy!