My Son Is Having Surgery on Sat 7/30/11 - Boulder City,NV

I have no experience but will definitely pray for your Dylan!

I just said a prayer for Dylan A. and will continue to keep him and you in my prayers. My son had an arachnoid cyst and hydrocephalus so we met with a doctor at CHOP while I was still pregnant. My son was to have the surgery when he was born. The Neurosurgeon convinced us that the shunt part of the surgery is actually quite simple and is the first surgery that a resident will do. It was my understanding that my son's cyst was a result of the hydrocephalus and it would go away once the shunt was put in place. I do know 2 other people with shunt surgery and they were both home the next day. Hugs and more prayers to you.

I will say a prayer for you, daddy, and Dylan. Call the surgeory center and ask them to describe the days events. How is it going to go? You will check in and then what? What should you bring? How long does it last? Who is allowed to come? Ask a lot of questions and get a feel for what to expect. That will take a lot of the scary out of it for you and for Dylan. Ask what they do to help kids not be afraid? Most childrens hospitals have colorful blankies and I know my girl was taken to surgery in a little red wagon. See if they have a psychologist or someone on staff that helps parents through the stress. Call your pastor or even your moms pastor. It really helped having our pastor pray over us, my child, and the surgeons before I let my girl go with the drs.

You are in my thoughts and prayers hun! I dont have any experiance with this but I wanted to send well wishes and hugs in this stressful time.

I will keep your little one in prayer. Please keep us posted every step so that we can keep updating our prayers too.

No experience, but your whole family is in my prayers.

Just sending more positive thoughts and prayers your way. May Dylan have a successful surgery and super fast recovery. May you and your husband find the strength to get through this.

I will certainly keep your precious little boy in my prayers.

I know this must be so very frightening for you.
I will pray for the doctors and surgeons as well.

Your little boy needs you to be strong and calm right now so he won't be afraid.
You can fall apart when it's all over and they tell you he's going to be okay. Then you can tell him that your tears mean you're happy.

I'll pray for you to have strength.
Please let us know how it goes.

Best wishes.

May God Bless your little Dylan hopeful surgery went better than you had hoped and prayed for. Visit the Academy of Pediatrics website for more information on what to expect from this surgery and Mayo Clinic. Hugs to you!

Your in my prayers. My mama always told me when my son was little and needed steriods for his asthma and I was scared to give it to him, you've got to trust someone! The docs know what they are doing and he is in good hands. Hoping for a quick recovery for your baby (and his mama!)

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Your in my prayers. My mama always told me when my son was little and needed steriods for his asthma and I was scared to give it to him, you've got to trust someone! The docs know what they are doing and he is in good hands. Hoping for a quick recovery for your baby (and his mama!)

I have no experience with this type of thing, but your request brought tears to my eyes! You've got a lot of mamas praying for you and Dylan. Keep us posted :)