Daughter's passed pre op assessment

[Tasai 10]

Hope everything goes well!

[Hopman 46]

Get a notebook and write down everything they tell you. Ask questions if you are unsure. In a couple of years you may be called upon to help someone else in the same boat.

 

What to do while you wait?

There is St Mark's church nearby. Weston Park Museum as someone else has said. Sheffield University, plenty of cafe's up at Broomhill.

 

i don't know how much parking is going to be up there - maybe a taxi would work out cheaper.

 

Hope all goes well for you all.

[Bludragonfly 10]

I hope that your daughter's operation goes well

 

Best wishes to you and your family

[Mr Gobby 10]

Just wanted to say all will go well, I work on Neuro at the RHH and altho I won't be on the floor your daughter with be on post op. I can tell you we have the worlds finest Neuro surgeons and consultants working here.

I KNOW you won't stop worrying till you see her after the op, but believe me she IS in the best possible hands.

 

Top reply:)

[Shaney 10]

Hi- your daughter is stunning! The neuro unit at RHH is one of the best in the world so your daughter is in safe hands. Please let us know how she goes on. Best Wishes xx

[172-125 10]

I cannot thank everyone enough for their kind wishes & comments, I feel so much more relaxed & calm after reading through them, even my family noticed a difference in me today, I'm not going to sit around & wait for the phone to ring, I now know it won't matter where we are or what we are doing they can still contact us & even though 24 hr notice doesn't sound that long it is actually long enough because everything is packed & ready to go, I've decided to get back into knitting little bonnets & blankets for Jessops neo-natal unit while i'm sat post op with her.

[tasha_78_1 10]

The "ante room" that Cookingfat mentions is in fact the anaesthetic room, which at the RHH is a reasonable size, so there would be room if you are allowed to go with your daughter. There will also be present the escort practitioner, who came to collect your daughter, the anaesthetist (there may be more than one, if the consultant anaesthetist has a junior anaesthetist with them) and the anaesthetic practitioner. The surgeon is not usually present for anaesthetic induction as he will be getting ready for the operation in the theatre. This is not to say he won`t pop in to say hello, which they sometimes do.

[JFKvsNixon 11]

The "ante room" that Cookingfat mentions is in fact the anaesthetic room, which at the RHH is a reasonable size, so there would be room if you are allowed to go with your daughter. There will also be present the escort practitioner, who came to collect your daughter, the anaesthetist (there may be more than one, if the consultant anaesthetist has a junior anaesthetist with them) and the anaesthetic practitioner. The surgeon is not usually present for anaesthetic induction as he will be getting ready for the operation in the theatre. This is not to say he won`t pop in to say hello, which they sometimes do.

 

It's really rare for a parent of an adult to go into the anaesthetic room, if they do it's usually to assist the anaesthetic team due to the patient having some sort of special needs or something similar. It's important that the anaesthetic team are allowed to concentrate fully on their job with as little distraction as possible.

[Saffy 10]

You should be able to go up to the ward she is going to be admitted to once she has left TAU. I took my Dad's grubby teddy, Gertrude in with me ... Even into the theatre pre room.

 

I wish her all the best and you stop worrying, she is in the best hands at the Hallamshire and if she is on N2 as I think she will be, they are marvellous.

 

God bless.

[Mrs Overall 10]

This is our beautiful daughter taken in 2010 before she became ill

 

http://i1207.photobucket.com/albums/bb462/jet_172/293397_10150274789395877_681450876_8189919_5388135_n.jpg

 

What a lovely girl, hope all goes well for you and yours I'm sure it will...

[shellbelle 10]

Good luck to all of you

[SILLY 10]

Just hope that your wait is not to long as I am waiting for an op myself and know what it is like just wanting to get it over and done with. I know that your daughter will get the best possible care before during and after her operation but it will not stop any of you worrying it's only natural. Of course you will want to be near her when she has the operation perhaps if you went for a walk for a couple of hours then came back the wait would not be to long minutes can seem like hours when waiting. I know that the outcome will be good and hope that your own health gets better along with your daughters it must have put a massive strain on you all.

best wishes Syl