My daughter is 11 months old and is having tear-duct surgery Friday. They will give her a general anesthesia to put her out, then either probe them or put a stent in , depending on how tight it is. It will be outpatient. They will also give her an i.v. if necessary. I would like to hear from other parents if your child has been through this and what your experience is, and also recovery.
2007-01-26 05:39:47 · 4 answers · asked by Hair Goddess 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
Did it when my daughter was almost 1. It was more horrible for me than it was for her. You'll report to the hospital and sit in a room for a while. Then they'll come get her and you'll be sitting there scared to death. I think it took about an hour, and they did both tear ducts.
Her eyes were a little swollen, especially the one they then discovered wasn't draining properly. So one eye had blocked ducts and the other one didn't drain properly. That eye looked like she had gotten a good right hook. But the one that was actually blocked was fine.
She'll sleep a lot, this is good. When she wakes up she'll be a little groggy, but my girl was in good spirits. In fact I have a pic of her with a big smile on her face and her eye all swollen. By the next day she was just fine.
I was nervous...just remember to have patience with her moodiness for the next few days, she wil have had outpatient surgery so keep that in mind. She is 100% now, almost 2 years later. Good Luck!
2007-01-26 05:53:15 · answer #1 · answered by violamom74 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son is about to go through this same thing...called "probe and irrigation." And I can tell you that as a baby, I had the same thing done-that was in 1978! Also, my mom and both her sisters have had it done and that was back in the 50's! So basically, they've been doing this for a long time and it's a pretty easy procedure. It will only take about 5-10 minutes once the kid is out to do the work. If there is a stint needed, it will take a bit longer...but stints are pretty rare. The recovery is next to none...Tylenol for a day or so. Of course, anytime you work with general anesthesia, it's a little nerve-wracking. But the anesthesia isn't for anything other than to make it possible for the Dr. to work without the child squirming....it's not a painful procedure at all. I hope this helps! Good luck!
2007-01-26 05:55:04 · answer #2 · answered by emrobs 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2 of my 3 have been born w/ one or the two tear ducts blocked. with regards to my center, her ducts have been blocked on the attention and in the nostril. My oldest grew to become into miraculously healed after being prayed over. My center had one opened by skill of a pediatric eye professional. He used a stress rubdown to open the attention duct. I did a similar and the different eye duct opened, however the ducts nonetheless could no longer drain into the nostril. inspite of the incontrovertible fact that, we took her to England at 3 a million/2 weeks of age and the stress in the cabin opened the nasal end. Her nostril grew to become into working by skill of the time we landed! frequently, the ducts w/open w/ somewhat information. The Cleveland health facility professionals refused to do surgical treatment until eventually now age one.
2016-09-28 00:37:25 · answer #3 · answered by emilios 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/general/eyes/tear_duct_obstruct_surgery.html
2007-01-26 05:49:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋