Has your young child ever had to be put under for a surgery?

what age? and what was the surgery? how did they do & feel after?

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Asked by sarasmommy777 at 2:21 PM on Feb. 12, 2012 in Kids' Health

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Yep. My 18 yr old had his tonsils out at around 8. It went well but it was much more painful since he was 8 and my dd whose now 7 had her out at 3 and recovered much quicker. My same dd at age 4 broke her arm playing on the trampoline, and we were at ER then transported to the childrens hospital and had emergency surgery on her arm. She did well in both cases. I think in all 3 cases it was much harder on me worrying, then on them. They recovered fine, and quickly, I was a wreck.

Answer by gemgem at 3:21 PM on Feb. 12, 2012
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My son had surgery on his skull at 4 months old. He did amazing and was back to his happy, bouncy self in a couple of days, even with his eyes practically swollen shut. Most kids bounce back from surgeries faster than adults do.

Answer by kmath at 2:32 PM on Feb. 12, 2012
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It was nothing major, but my oldest had tubes put in at 11 months. She had frequent ear infections up until then. The tubes helped immensely.

Answer by Eviesmommy at 2:35 PM on Feb. 12, 2012
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3 months - hernia
11 years old - appendectomy

Answer by adnilm at 2:49 PM on Feb. 12, 2012
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My 11 week old had abdominal surgery for a hydrocele and exploration for undescended testes. He did fine. I think he was prescribed tylenol w/ codeine for 2 days (it was 21 years ago, so it's hard to remember). His dad fainted.

Answer by kjrn79 at 3:23 PM on Feb. 12, 2012
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My son had to have tubes put in his ears when he was 9 months old. I was so anxious about it, but he had been so sick for so long and we had tried so many antibiotics that we just had to do the tubes. He did fine. He was absolutely normal and fine after a few hours.

Answer by slw123 at 7:03 PM on Feb. 12, 2012
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At 2 years 10 months my daughter had her addenoids removed. In 6th grade she had an emergency appendectomy on Halloween morning.

At 1 year my son had his first set of ear tubes put in. He woke up from the anastheasia in a nasty mood. He screamed to go to the Brave Store and get his brave toy for the surgery. After he upset some of the other patients in recovery they let us leave immediately, but called later that day to find out if he was ok.

Answer by robinkane at 7:28 PM on Feb. 12, 2012
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1 child was 21 months when she had her tonsils and adenoids out. another was 20 months old and had a sedated mri and also had her tonsils and adenoids out just before her 4th birthday.

Answer by annanonnymommy at 8:37 PM on Feb. 12, 2012
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My son was 4 and had his tonsils and adenoids out. He didn't do too well afterwards, he was sick for about 3 weeks. Had to have the surgery redone after a week because he broke open his incision.

Answer by tyfry7496 at 9:45 PM on Feb. 15, 2012
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frequent ear infections. Did quite well.

Answer by brieri at 4:11 AM on Feb. 18, 2012
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