Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Surgery Classes.

 

Katey was born with a cleft lip.

Katey had her second surgery (her first one was when she was 5 months) this week.  The children’s hospital where I have her surgeries done offer pre surgery classes.  We took Katey, Tommy and Emily to one. 

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They get to play with doctor items. 

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Each child gets a doll with a hospital gown, a hair net, gloves, and a face mask to take home.  Then they get to use all the doctor items to “operate” on their doll.

 

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Or on each other.

 

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They get to dress up like doctors and nurses.

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Then we got to take a tour of all the  places she would be going, the waiting room, the surgery room, the wake up room, and the recovery room.

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At the end they each got to try a slushy that the children would be allowed to have after surgery.

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The girls chose root beer, 

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I am very grateful for these classes, they really help Katey (and all of us) know what to expect. 

1 comment:

Four Little Penguins said...

How weird! My Kaytie was born with cleft, too!

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