Deborah Woehr

Mental Health Break

I’ve decided to hold off the second pass of my editing of the anthology for Monday, as the kids are home on winter break until then. Soon they’ll be off for another week-long break for Easter. They get twice as many days off as I did, but their summer break is getting shorter.

Yesterday, I ran them and myself ragged running errands. We left the house around 9:30 and didn’t get home until 4:30. It’s been a long time since I went out all day like that. I lead a very sedentary lifestyle, so this was good for me to get out and walk around.

At one point, my youngest pipes up that tomorrow will be one of the worst days of his life. We have to take him to the hospital for minor surgery tomorrow morning. They want to give him some anesthetic to “take the edge off” where the needles are concerned.

This is an outpatient procedure, but the fact that he has to be given anesthesia isn’t sitting too well with me or my husband. The surgeon explained that he was doing this because of my son’s age. I tried to reassure my son that it won’t be any big deal, that he will just be very sleepy.

He’s still very nervous about this, and I can’t blame him. Hospitals are our least favorite places, especially after what happened to my father-in-law. I’ll be glad when this is over and done with.

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6 Responses to “Mental Health Break”

Karen Lee Field on 23 Feb 2006 at 4:53 pm #

Poor thing. Best of luck to him. I hope it all goes well.

Benjamin Solah on 23 Feb 2006 at 5:50 pm #

I agree, the idea of anesthesia is really unsettling.

Melly on 24 Feb 2006 at 7:15 am #

Deborah, you’re probably now with him at the hospital.
I’m sure all is going well.
It’s true, they do give anesthetic to young kids. Both my niece and nephew had their tonsils removed last year with full anesthetic. They were 3 and 5 at the time. They got over it in no time.

pat kirby on 24 Feb 2006 at 7:58 am #

My best wishes and prayers for a zippy recovery!

deborah.woehr on 24 Feb 2006 at 10:11 am #

Thank you, everyone. We’re home now, and he’s doing fine. As it turned out, he didn’t need to be put under, which was so much better for him. He’s enjoying the computer right now, while Big Brother is at Grandma’s.