Guest guest Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 I wasnt able to speak to them yesterday, but I know Mo is getting her rods removed and her halo applied today. Hopefully, she is being wheeled in. right now so she doesnt have to starve all day. I will call Shell in a minute......and will post an update as soon as I get one. Lets all think of Shellie & Mo today, as this is a big day for them. Please pray that all goes smooth and that pain is managed well. Hang in there girls! We love you. HRH > This is a great reminder for us all Gail. thank you. My husband tends to > be the one that gets upset during those times more than me. I try to stay > all upbeat and fine, then when they take Hayden away, I lose it. Thanks > for posting this. > > >  Joan > mom to Hayden 3 > 43 degrees down from 62 > Cast number 3 > Treated at ish Rite Hospital > Dallas, TX > > > > > ________________________________ > > To: Congenital <CongenitalScoliosisSupport >; > infantile_scoliosis > Sent: Tue, February 2, 2010 9:35:31 AM > Subject: Dear Abby: > >  > I am posting this as a gentle reminder to all of us when we bring our > children in for surgery, casting etc. WE (and this includes grandma, > grandpa, aunts, uncles, etc) need to be the strong one until we leave the > procedure room! > > By Abigail Van Buren Abigail Van Buren – Tue Feb 2, 2:16 am ET > > DEAR ABBY: I am writing this as a mother of four and an operating room > nurse for 30 years. Once again, I had to pull a crying mother from her > child so I could take the child into the operating room. > I understand that a child having surgery is upsetting and stressful. My > own children have had to have surgical procedures done, so I know the > feeling. But if I can help parents understand one thing, it would be that > the child looks to the parent for support. If the mother is crying and > clinging at the bedside, the message the child receives is: If Mom is that > upset, something bad must be about to happen to me. > No one is implying that you do not love your child or you are not worried > about him or her, but it does no one any good if you have to be peeled off > your child. Please send your little one off with kisses and encouraging > words, and the child will be a little less frightened. -- WISCONSIN R.N. > > DEAR WISCONSIN R.N.: I'm printing your letter verbatim. As traumatic as > sending a child into surgery can be for both parent and child, the words a > child needs to hear are, " You'll be going to sleep, and when you wake up, > Mommy will be right here. I love you. Now give me a kiss. " For the child's > sake, venting for stress relief should be saved for the waiting room. > > > Gail > > " The Earth is the insane asylum for the rest of universe " > “Normal is just a setting on the washing machine.†-BumperSnickerz. > ************ ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* > ** > Mom to , 11/28/98 - ADHD/ODD/SID > and , 02/02/02 - Congenital Scoliosis, VATER Association (vertebral > and renal anomalies), Torticollis, Klippel Feil Syndrome, Fused Ribs, > First VEPTR Recipient at Cincinnati Children's Hospital 3/21/05; Spitz > Nevus removal: 11/26/07 & 2/11/08; VEPTR Expansions: 11/05, 04/20/06, > 6/12/08 and 8/14/09 and EARLY SUMMER 2010; > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 Thinking about Shellie and Mo so much today. Hope she recovers quickly and all goes well. Joanmom to Hayden 343 degrees down from 62Cast number 3Treated at ish Rite Hospital Dallas, TX To: infantile_scoliosis Sent: Tue, February 2, 2010 9:59:12 AMSubject: Re: Moriah & Shell I wasnt able to speak to them yesterday, but I know Mo is getting her rodsremoved and her halo applied today. Hopefully, she is being wheeled in.right now so she doesnt have to starve all day. I will call Shell in aminute...... and will post an update as soon as I get one.Lets all think of Shellie & Mo today, as this is a big day for them. Please pray that all goes smooth and that pain is managed well.Hang in there girls! We love you.HRH> This is a great reminder for us all Gail. thank you. My husband tends to> be the one that gets upset during those times more than me. I try to stay> all upbeat and fine, then when they take Hayden away, I lose it. Thanks> for posting this.>>> Joan> mom to Hayden 3> 43 degrees down from 62> Cast number 3> Treated at ish Rite Hospital> Dallas, TX>>>>> ____________ _________ _________ __> From: Gail <patsmum2000@ yahoo.com>> To: Congenital <CongenitalScoliosis Support@yahoogro ups.com>;> infantile_scoliosis @yahoogroups. com> Sent: Tue, February 2, 2010 9:35:31 AM> Subject: [infantile_scoliosi s] Dear Abby:>> > I am posting this as a gentle reminder to all of us when we bring our> children in for surgery, casting etc. WE (and this includes grandma,> grandpa, aunts, uncles, etc) need to be the strong one until we leave the> procedure room!>> By Abigail Van Buren Abigail Van Buren – Tue Feb 2, 2:16 am ET>> DEAR ABBY: I am writing this as a mother of four and an operating room> nurse for 30 years. Once again, I had to pull a crying mother from her> child so I could take the child into the operating room.> I understand that a child having surgery is upsetting and stressful. My> own children have had to have surgical procedures done, so I know the> feeling. But if I can help parents understand one thing, it would be that> the child looks to the parent for support. If the mother is crying and> clinging at the bedside, the message the child receives is: If Mom is that> upset, something bad must be about to happen to me.> No one is implying that you do not love your child or you are not worried> about him or her, but it does no one any good if you have to be peeled off> your child. Please send your little one off with kisses and encouraging> words, and the child will be a little less frightened. -- WISCONSIN R.N.>> DEAR WISCONSIN R.N.: I'm printing your letter verbatim. As traumatic as> sending a child into surgery can be for both parent and child, the words a> child needs to hear are, "You'll be going to sleep, and when you wake up,> Mommy will be right here. I love you. Now give me a kiss." For the child's> sake, venting for stress relief should be saved for the waiting room.>>> Gail>> "The Earth is the insane asylum for the rest of universe"> “Normal is just a setting on the washing machine.†-BumperSnickerz.> ************ ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* *********> **> Mom to , 11/28/98 - ADHD/ODD/SID> and , 02/02/02 - Congenital Scoliosis, VATER Association (vertebral> and renal anomalies), Torticollis, Klippel Feil Syndrome, Fused Ribs,> First VEPTR Recipient at Cincinnati Children's Hospital 3/21/05; Spitz> Nevus removal: 11/26/07 & 2/11/08; VEPTR Expansions: 11/05, 04/20/06,> 6/12/08 and 8/14/09 and EARLY SUMMER 2010;>>>>> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 Thinking about Shellie and Mo so much today. Hope she recovers quickly and all goes well. Joanmom to Hayden 343 degrees down from 62Cast number 3Treated at ish Rite Hospital Dallas, TX To: infantile_scoliosis Sent: Tue, February 2, 2010 9:59:12 AMSubject: Re: Moriah & Shell I wasnt able to speak to them yesterday, but I know Mo is getting her rodsremoved and her halo applied today. Hopefully, she is being wheeled in.right now so she doesnt have to starve all day. I will call Shell in aminute...... and will post an update as soon as I get one.Lets all think of Shellie & Mo today, as this is a big day for them. Please pray that all goes smooth and that pain is managed well.Hang in there girls! We love you.HRH> This is a great reminder for us all Gail. thank you. My husband tends to> be the one that gets upset during those times more than me. I try to stay> all upbeat and fine, then when they take Hayden away, I lose it. Thanks> for posting this.>>> Joan> mom to Hayden 3> 43 degrees down from 62> Cast number 3> Treated at ish Rite Hospital> Dallas, TX>>>>> ____________ _________ _________ __> From: Gail <patsmum2000@ yahoo.com>> To: Congenital <CongenitalScoliosis Support@yahoogro ups.com>;> infantile_scoliosis @yahoogroups. com> Sent: Tue, February 2, 2010 9:35:31 AM> Subject: [infantile_scoliosi s] Dear Abby:>> > I am posting this as a gentle reminder to all of us when we bring our> children in for surgery, casting etc. WE (and this includes grandma,> grandpa, aunts, uncles, etc) need to be the strong one until we leave the> procedure room!>> By Abigail Van Buren Abigail Van Buren – Tue Feb 2, 2:16 am ET>> DEAR ABBY: I am writing this as a mother of four and an operating room> nurse for 30 years. Once again, I had to pull a crying mother from her> child so I could take the child into the operating room.> I understand that a child having surgery is upsetting and stressful. My> own children have had to have surgical procedures done, so I know the> feeling. But if I can help parents understand one thing, it would be that> the child looks to the parent for support. If the mother is crying and> clinging at the bedside, the message the child receives is: If Mom is that> upset, something bad must be about to happen to me.> No one is implying that you do not love your child or you are not worried> about him or her, but it does no one any good if you have to be peeled off> your child. Please send your little one off with kisses and encouraging> words, and the child will be a little less frightened. -- WISCONSIN R.N.>> DEAR WISCONSIN R.N.: I'm printing your letter verbatim. As traumatic as> sending a child into surgery can be for both parent and child, the words a> child needs to hear are, "You'll be going to sleep, and when you wake up,> Mommy will be right here. I love you. Now give me a kiss." For the child's> sake, venting for stress relief should be saved for the waiting room.>>> Gail>> "The Earth is the insane asylum for the rest of universe"> “Normal is just a setting on the washing machine.†-BumperSnickerz.> ************ ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* *********> **> Mom to , 11/28/98 - ADHD/ODD/SID> and , 02/02/02 - Congenital Scoliosis, VATER Association (vertebral> and renal anomalies), Torticollis, Klippel Feil Syndrome, Fused Ribs,> First VEPTR Recipient at Cincinnati Children's Hospital 3/21/05; Spitz> Nevus removal: 11/26/07 & 2/11/08; VEPTR Expansions: 11/05, 04/20/06,> 6/12/08 and 8/14/09 and EARLY SUMMER 2010;>>>>> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 Thinking about Shellie and Mo so much today. Hope she recovers quickly and all goes well. Joanmom to Hayden 343 degrees down from 62Cast number 3Treated at ish Rite Hospital Dallas, TX To: infantile_scoliosis Sent: Tue, February 2, 2010 9:59:12 AMSubject: Re: Moriah & Shell I wasnt able to speak to them yesterday, but I know Mo is getting her rodsremoved and her halo applied today. Hopefully, she is being wheeled in.right now so she doesnt have to starve all day. I will call Shell in aminute...... and will post an update as soon as I get one.Lets all think of Shellie & Mo today, as this is a big day for them. Please pray that all goes smooth and that pain is managed well.Hang in there girls! We love you.HRH> This is a great reminder for us all Gail. thank you. My husband tends to> be the one that gets upset during those times more than me. I try to stay> all upbeat and fine, then when they take Hayden away, I lose it. Thanks> for posting this.>>> Joan> mom to Hayden 3> 43 degrees down from 62> Cast number 3> Treated at ish Rite Hospital> Dallas, TX>>>>> ____________ _________ _________ __> From: Gail <patsmum2000@ yahoo.com>> To: Congenital <CongenitalScoliosis Support@yahoogro ups.com>;> infantile_scoliosis @yahoogroups. com> Sent: Tue, February 2, 2010 9:35:31 AM> Subject: [infantile_scoliosi s] Dear Abby:>> > I am posting this as a gentle reminder to all of us when we bring our> children in for surgery, casting etc. WE (and this includes grandma,> grandpa, aunts, uncles, etc) need to be the strong one until we leave the> procedure room!>> By Abigail Van Buren Abigail Van Buren – Tue Feb 2, 2:16 am ET>> DEAR ABBY: I am writing this as a mother of four and an operating room> nurse for 30 years. Once again, I had to pull a crying mother from her> child so I could take the child into the operating room.> I understand that a child having surgery is upsetting and stressful. My> own children have had to have surgical procedures done, so I know the> feeling. But if I can help parents understand one thing, it would be that> the child looks to the parent for support. If the mother is crying and> clinging at the bedside, the message the child receives is: If Mom is that> upset, something bad must be about to happen to me.> No one is implying that you do not love your child or you are not worried> about him or her, but it does no one any good if you have to be peeled off> your child. Please send your little one off with kisses and encouraging> words, and the child will be a little less frightened. -- WISCONSIN R.N.>> DEAR WISCONSIN R.N.: I'm printing your letter verbatim. As traumatic as> sending a child into surgery can be for both parent and child, the words a> child needs to hear are, "You'll be going to sleep, and when you wake up,> Mommy will be right here. I love you. Now give me a kiss." For the child's> sake, venting for stress relief should be saved for the waiting room.>>> Gail>> "The Earth is the insane asylum for the rest of universe"> “Normal is just a setting on the washing machine.†-BumperSnickerz.> ************ ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* *********> **> Mom to , 11/28/98 - ADHD/ODD/SID> and , 02/02/02 - Congenital Scoliosis, VATER Association (vertebral> and renal anomalies), Torticollis, Klippel Feil Syndrome, Fused Ribs,> First VEPTR Recipient at Cincinnati Children's Hospital 3/21/05; Spitz> Nevus removal: 11/26/07 & 2/11/08; VEPTR Expansions: 11/05, 04/20/06,> 6/12/08 and 8/14/09 and EARLY SUMMER 2010;>>>>> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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