Circumcision Revision Surgery

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Johns Hopkins is a renowned organization. Your son will be fine!

My son was 11 months old when he had tubes put in his ears. They let me hold him while they gave him the laughing gas to put him under, he went limp in my arms and it freaked me out because he had flat-lined on me the day he was born....

The doctor had to give ME medication to calm me down!! LOL....I look back and laugh now - but it was a really hard day. I know what you mean by terrified about the anesthesia. He will be fine!

My son had to have surgery at 10 months, and I was also terrified!

One thing his doctor told me was that he (the doctor) only worked with pediatric anesthisiologists, and that they are very, very good at what they do. Statistically, he told us that our son was safer with a pediatric anesthesiologist that any adult having surgery would be.

Our son had his surgery at an excellent children's hospital, but it's no
Johns Hopkins! As scared as you are right now, I hope you can take comfort in the fact that your son will be at one of the BEST hospitals in the country. He will be in excellent hands!!!

After the surgery was over, the worst part for me was my son waking up. He was a little upset at first, and it wasn't too long before he was screaming and could not be comforted. I've been told that's not too uncommon ... It's just how some people respond to anesthesia. Try telling that to the mom on a 10 month old. I was practically hysterical because nothing I did was helping. Fortunately that didn't last forever. The nurse gave him some pain melds, and he managed to go to sleep.

It stinks, and it really is scary for the parents. Remember, this is going to be so much harder on you than it is on him! And he's not going to remember a thing :-)

We didn't have that particular surgery but we had surgeries for our toddlers.

Realize they do this every day and that is a wonderful facility with terrific physicians. He will be in good hands :)

The anesthesia is just something you prepare for and that's no big deal. At that age, he may just be a bit hungry as I think you just have to fast ahead of time. Some moms get really worried about this but mine were fine. They have no clue what's going to happen. We moms get stressed. So I agree with moms below - don't pass that on to baby. It's just one day. I viewed it like that. Something to get through. I find that thinking about stressful events like that - just a morning you need to get through - makes it manageable.

If you can be by their side when they wake, it will be fine. The only time mine got upset was because he woke earlier than expected and it took us a minute to get to him. So he cried out that we weren't there and unfamiliar place. We didn't make that mistake again. Otherwise, they recovered fine. May be a bit queasy afterwards. You just lavish on the attention and extra love and make it into a comfort afternoon/evening. Mine recovered very quickly.

Hope that helps ease your concerns :) I always remind myself of the moms/kids who have multiple serious surgeries and that puts things in perspective. Good luck let us know how it goes

your terror is far more disturbing to your little boy than the procedure could possibly be. i get it. my son had adhesions too. they didn't end up being a problem, but he did need cardiac surgery at less than a year old. so i get the fear.
you've got a great hospital and presumably great doctors, so you have to trust that they'll do their job and focus on redirecting and calming your terrors. it's not that you're unreasonable to have them- surgery on infants is way, way harder on the parents than it is on the kids. but if you really want what's best for your baby (and i know you do) you'll remember that little people are insanely sensitive to their parents' emotions, and you'll keep yours calm and strong on his behalf.
the pain will be minimal, and they have very good, safe and effective ways of dealing with it these days.
don't freak out if your little one comes out of the anesthesia howling. both of my boys had the common but disturbing reaction to anesthesia of screaming and fighting like banshees. after my baby's heart surgery i could hear him wailing way down at the end of the long corridor as they brought him toward us. it was unearthly and deeply disturbing. felt like it took hours.
again, don't YOU freak out.
it's a tough job, this mothering!
good luck, hon.
khairete
S.

My sister's son had hypospadias and needed surgery at a very young age to correct it.
Yes, it is hard on parents, and yet your little guy needs you to do everything you can to relax and remember that once the healing is done, this will be a something he doesn't even remember. Her method of caring for her little guy post surgery was to follow the doctor's directions with pain medications and to nurse nurse nurse him.

He's about 12 now and has no recollection of this. Mom recovered fine too. ;) Sometimes we have to do hard things for our kids-- it feels awful while we are in the situation and then we move forward.

And I will say this, don't let other people's criticism of your choice make you question what has already been done or what you've planned. My son was not circumcised, however, I can understand why you want this done. If there are infections/adhesions at this early age, this is an indicator that there is a real problem needing attention. If my own son was experiencing these issues, I would likely make the same hard choice. Good luck, Mama. It will be over soon enough!

He's going to be okay. Johns Hopkins has an excellent reputation and they will take good care of him. Just make sure to do everything post-op that they tell you to do.

Just want to tell you that even a 9 month old can feel your fear and trepidation. Put it away the night before and the day of the surgery. Be loving and upbeat with him, smiling, coo'ing and positive. You want him to feel HAPPY when he goes under.

Same thing for when they bring you to him in recovery.

Just remember that you are doing the best thing for him with the revision. Hang in there!

Anesthesia is okay. He's going to be fine. There are babies born premature that sometimes go through half a dozen surgeries so they can stay alive. Of all the places you could go you are going to a name brand hospital too. They know what they're doing.

Of course you're anxious. Perhaps you can ask your doc to give you a mild Valium for that day so you can be calmer. It's very very stressful but it's going to be okay.

My son was put out for ear tubes at 9 months old. It was fine. He did wake up crying, but they let me nurse him right there in the recovery unit immediately after he woke. It calmed him down and he was fine within minutes.

Talk to your doctors about their recovery procedures, if they will let you come in and nurse or feed him, or if they suggest something else.

My son underwent the same thing when he was about 15 months. It was really fine. We we're absolutely fine and comfortable until they wheeled him away and then I started crying. When we got him home he set him up in a little nest on flor in front of some baby Einstein videos and he was fine. Just really loopy and tied from the drugs. The doctor said it's best to do it while they're still in diapers because the don't see or touch it, plus they won't remember it. It looked alarming- like you think it must really hurt- but I honestly don't remember him seeming uncomfortable ever, just loopy from the meds. No issues after that.

He'll be fine! My son was under anesthesia 4 times by the time he turned six months (2 heart caths and 2 open heart surgeries). You'll be happy when it's behind you. You're in great hands at John Hopkins!

My son's circ seemed to be sort of like that, no infection or adhesions though. My SIL was worried about her son's circ as well and she wanted to have a revision done. I was not going to do anything about it at all but she considered it. Neither of us had any revisions done and our kids are 6 and they are both totally fine and look like normal circumcised males. No issue. Maybe you should consider not doing anything about it and hopefully it will be fine when he gets a little bigger. I understand this sort of thing is common.