appendix surgey?

Question

okay im 13 and im getting my appendix out i was woundering if you could wak me through all the steps from like walking in to the room trought leaving the room
- are the gonn put iv's in my wrists?
-what do i wear?
-do i have to take off my bra or underwere??

thanks for the help

Answer 1

It's nothing, you will wake up and be outta there before you know ...it's really a very simple surgery

Answer 2

I have not had my appendix out but for most general surgery the procedures are very similar.
Do not weat anything valueable when you go. Just dress is very simple cloths. Your cloths will most likely be handed over to the person that takes you in to look after. If you will be staying in the hospital after the surgery have bag packed with your tooth brush, slippers, clean undies, and a CD or MP3 player with headphones.
When you check in you will be givin' an identifaction braclet. You will be told to put on a hopital gown and likely some footies. You will take off all your cloths and put those on. You can then get on the "gerney or stretcher" and be covered up with a blanket. Don't be suprized if the arear near the operating room if keep very cool as this can help reduce bleeding. You will then very likely be started on an IV, To do this the nurse will install a needle in your hand or arm. Even if they do not start the IV right away they like to have the needle in place should it be needed later. The needle has a very small amount of the medication "heprine" which keeps blood from clotting. This "keeps the line open" but also is what makes it so that you may latter have some bruising at the site of the IV.
You will be asked the same questions over and over again by different people. This is to assure that you are the person that is suppost to be getting the surgery, and that you understand what they are going to do. Before your surgery the doctors will likely stop in to see you.
Before they are going to roll you out to the OR (operating room) you will be givin a pill or shot or have something put in your IV that will make it so that you get very drosy. When you are givin the anitisisa they may ask you to count or do some other verbal task - this is so that they know when you pass out from the medication - do not fight the anithesia just relax and fall asleep.
When you wake up in the recovery room you - may have a hard time thinking and time may seem to be moving either very fast or very slow as the medication is still in your system. If you are in pain - you can ask for pain medicine.
Most of all if at any time you have a question as what is going to be done or why they are doing something ask. Most doctors and nurses want their patients to know what is happening because then you can be a better help in your own care.

Answer 3

I had my appendix and gallbladder out at the same time -- in April. I will tel l you exactly what I went through.
I left home that morning with sweatpants and a t-shirt on and a jacket in hand. Got to the hospital, signed in and waited and waited in the waiting room with my parents. Then a nurse called us back, she took my weight, height, blood pressure. Then we went into a room and the nurse asked questions about allergies, past medical history etc. You change into a hospital gown. You can leave your underwear on and they made me take my bra off though, and you wear socks they give you. They can give you movies to watch or games to play while you wait for the doctor. So then after a while, an anesthesiologist came in and talked about how the anestesia is going to work and if I wanted a flavor. Then, a surgeon came in (not the surgeon that will be doing the surgery) and he just talked about the surgery and what was going to happen, how it was going happen and answered any questions. Then, the surgeon that will be doing the surgery came in and he talked about how long, what is gonna happen, and answered any questions. You parents and you sign a lot of different papers about consent and the surgery and medical history. Then a scrub nurse comes and gets you and your parents, you walk together til when you leave each other. You hug, kiss etc then you and the nurse walk to where the operating rooms are. You walk into the room, say hi to the nurse and doctors. Then you lay on the table and they like strap you down with a seatbelt thing. They will start to give your anestesia and you will be asleep and totally out of it. Before they start the actual surgery but while your asleep, they will put an IV in your hand or arm - wherever they think it should go. The anestesiologist is the person to ask about most of the questions, because they are making sure you are ok during the whole surgery.. anything that goes wrong - they always know about first. They will take off your underwear during the surgery.. you can put it back on once you are with it again. The doctors will take your appendix out and then they will move you to a hospital bed (while you are still sleeping) and take you to the recovery room. There, you usually have 2 nurses that are there to watch and monitor you as you wake up. You will say crazy stuff as you are waking up, ask the nurse what you said.. it is kinda funny. They usually give you good pain medicine too like morphine. You need to make sure you tell them if you are in any pain, because if you say no.. then they won't give you anything and they will usually have you rate the pain so they know how much medicine to give you.
Then, if you are going home.. you will go to a different area and your parents will meet you there and they will have you eat and drink some stuff and talk to the doctor before you go. But if you are staying, once you are awake and with it...they will call to the waiting room and have your parents come up and they will walk with you to your room! Then you are there for the night and it actually isn't that bad :)

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good luck!

p.s. i was 14 when i had my surgery so i know how you feel

Answer 4

When you walk in, you'll probably talk to nurses, the anesthesiologist, and the surgeon- all of whom will be in the OR during the surgery. You and your parents will have to read and sign papers and consent forms, and the staff will make sure you understand what they'll be doing.
You'll have to change into a hospital gown, so it doesn't really matter what you wear. I suggest you wear something comfortable and easy to put on so that when you can wear your own clothes again (when you're discharged and can go home), you won't have any trouble dressing. Yes, you'll probably have to take your underwear and bra off. But during the surgery, they'll have those parts of you draped, so no one is going to be staring at anything private throughout the whole thing. They will most likely put an IV in your arm. The purpose of the IV is to administer the anesthesia and to keep you hydrated during the surgery.
Right before surgery when you're in the OR on the table, they'll give you the anesthesia and wait for you to fall asleep (it happens in seconds). Then they'll give you a breathing tube (you won't feel it), and the anesthesiologist will sit by your head and monitor your condition through the whole thing. Those are the anesthesiologist's main jobs- to be in charge of your anesthesia and to make sure your vital signs are stable. You most likely won't wake up until you're closed up and on your way out of the OR, but if you start to wake up before that, they'll give you a little more anesthesia and you won't remember a thing. I promise.
Then you'll go to the recovery room, where nurses will monitor you closely until your vital signs are stable and you're awake, and then you'll be sent to a medical-surgical unit, where you'll stay until discharge.

Good luck! Remember to start walking after the surgery as soon as you can- it'll prevent a lot of complications!