Well my girl had her pre assessment for her hernia operation on Friday. It was a very long process, it took about 1 hour for the anaethetist to read her notes! Anyway there are 2 ways that they could give her anaesthetic, 1 is spinal (kinda like an epidural) the other is general. If she has spinal she is still awake, able to stay on her oxygen but she can move around her arms and I don't think she'd like it at all. If she has general she will need to be ventilated again, they are worried about how long she will be ventilated afterwards before she can go back onto her oxygen. If she gets ventilated then she will need to go back to the neonatal unit. I don't mind if she goes back there though because at least I know she will get the attention she deserves, unlike in ward 19.
We go in on Tuesday night and her operation is scheduled for Wednesday afternoon. We will probably be there for a few days so she can recover properly.
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