Wondering if someone can tell me if this is just side affects of the GA or maybe trauma.. I’m not really sure.. just looking to see if anyone else has experienced it with a similar aged child.
DD had inguinal hernia repair on Monday morning, they initially tried to put her to sleep using a cannula, but she wasn’t quite numb enough and got quite upset quite quickly when they were trying to place it, they ended up deciding to use gas instead, which obviously took slightly longer and as she was already panicked we all had to kinda of hold her down until it worked. Not the nicest experience for her and they did say any future GA’s they’ll give some medicine to help her relax beforehand.
They did say she would wake up a bit sad, which she did. She still seems to be quite upset today, she’s not quite sure why, her pain is managed and she said it’s not too sore. She keeps getting upset and irritable over things she wouldn’t usually.. today has been:
- she didn’t like the way her socks feel on her feet.
- she couldn’t decide what to bring to play in the car on the way to drop off my son at nursery
- she didn’t know what she wanted to eat
- the telly wasn’t loud enough.
there been many others, and it’s not like these things aren’t easily sortable - she’s just quietly getting very sad and tearful and it takes some “what’s bothering you?” Questioning for her to finally say what’s wrong. By which time (we change her socks, turn the telly up, get some snack choices ect) she’s already sobbing and can’t stop, then she’s upset because her crying is making her incision ache, which upsets her more.. and then it’s a repeated cycle 😖
I feel awful for her, I was under the impression the tearfulness from GA would last about a day.. was I wrong? Has anyone else had this, how long will it last?
she’s happy and cheerful right now, but in 20 minutes she’ll be upset again.. I just don’t know how to help her and feel a bit lost.