For Alix and , re children

[Guest guest]

Would it help either of your children if you tape recorded some songs

and or stories before you have the surgery? Then at least you could

play one of the tapes for them...

You probably won't sound in the least like yourself, but many people

find that they are able to speak more than they would have imagined.

Others find that they cannot, simply because of the splint.

Cammie

> I was wondering just how limited I will be in speaking this

> Wednesday after surgery. I am having upper and lower done, (open

> bite) and will be banded and splinted shut. My four year old

> daughter was inconsolable today when I tried to explain to her that

> I was going to the hospital in two days and would not be able to

> sing her to sleep for a while...she's sensitive, cried for days

when

> I got braces...anyhow, I kissed her goodnight tonight and took a

> long shower after just crying and feeling like a rotten mom. I

know,

> pms and 2 days preop don't mix well, but how exactly can I prepare

> her for this? Will I be able to speak at all?

> Alix

[Guest guest]

Thanks Cammie, that's a great idea! Alix

> > I was wondering just how limited I will be in speaking this

> > Wednesday after surgery. I am having upper and lower done, (open

> > bite) and will be banded and splinted shut. My four year old

> > daughter was inconsolable today when I tried to explain to her

that

> > I was going to the hospital in two days and would not be able to

> > sing her to sleep for a while...she's sensitive, cried for days

> when

> > I got braces...anyhow, I kissed her goodnight tonight and took a

> > long shower after just crying and feeling like a rotten mom. I

> know,

> > pms and 2 days preop don't mix well, but how exactly can I

prepare

> > her for this? Will I be able to speak at all?

> > Alix

[Guest guest]

Thanks Cammie, that's a great idea! Alix

> > I was wondering just how limited I will be in speaking this

> > Wednesday after surgery. I am having upper and lower done, (open

> > bite) and will be banded and splinted shut. My four year old

> > daughter was inconsolable today when I tried to explain to her

that

> > I was going to the hospital in two days and would not be able to

> > sing her to sleep for a while...she's sensitive, cried for days

> when

> > I got braces...anyhow, I kissed her goodnight tonight and took a

> > long shower after just crying and feeling like a rotten mom. I

> know,

> > pms and 2 days preop don't mix well, but how exactly can I

prepare

> > her for this? Will I be able to speak at all?

> > Alix

[Guest guest]

Thanks Cammie, that's a great idea! Alix

> > I was wondering just how limited I will be in speaking this

> > Wednesday after surgery. I am having upper and lower done, (open

> > bite) and will be banded and splinted shut. My four year old

> > daughter was inconsolable today when I tried to explain to her

that

> > I was going to the hospital in two days and would not be able to

> > sing her to sleep for a while...she's sensitive, cried for days

> when

> > I got braces...anyhow, I kissed her goodnight tonight and took a

> > long shower after just crying and feeling like a rotten mom. I

> know,

> > pms and 2 days preop don't mix well, but how exactly can I

prepare

> > her for this? Will I be able to speak at all?

> > Alix