BeatriceC
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- Feb 9, 2016
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- Parrots
- Goofy (YNA), Oscar (Goffin 'too). Foster bird Betty (RLA). RIP Cookie, 1991-2016 ('tiel), Leo (Sengal), Charlotte (scarlet macaw). Grand-birds: Liam (budgie), Donovan (lovebird), RIP Angelo (budgie)
Keep all of us in your thoughts please. Today is bound to be crazy. Two of my boys have a rare genetic bone disease and require frequent surgery. When possible, we like to combine procedures to limit the number of times they have to go under general anesthesia. To that end, as soon as one of their orthopedists decide surgery needs to happen, all the others orthos take a look and see if anything needs to be done within their subspecialties. This time both the hand/arm surgeon and the hip/leg surgeon both decided that *both* boys needed work done. Thankfully the spine guy and the tendon/ligament guy and the neurosurgeon all gave the all clear for their areas.
So I've done this with both boys having surgery on the same day (once in two different hospitals and I was a single mom with no family nearby, which was awful), and I've done this spaced out by 6-8 weeks. While surgery day is chaos, the recovery is easier this way. We are at the hospital now waiting to be called back to pre-op.
So I've done this with both boys having surgery on the same day (once in two different hospitals and I was a single mom with no family nearby, which was awful), and I've done this spaced out by 6-8 weeks. While surgery day is chaos, the recovery is easier this way. We are at the hospital now waiting to be called back to pre-op.