general anaesthesia and cold

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My daughter is due to go into hospital tomorrow for an operation on monday however she has today started with a cold, just seems to be a yucky nose.

Does anyone know how likely they are to cancel us on monday morning?

My thought is that as she doesnt have a sold it may be ok, I dont want to put her at risk but likewise I dont want to cancel it!

They wont do it if she has a cold.

My DS was due to have surgery but had had a cold for about 3-4 days, I called the hospital the day before and told them, they didnt hesitate, just made a new appointment date and that was that.

If she is showing any signs of illness they won't operate unless it's urgent

Quite likely to cancel it. It will depend on how bad it is, what the anaesthetist thinks and how urgent the operation is. They will have a low threshold for cancelling paedeatric surgery though so I wouldn't be too hopeful. If a wasted trip to the hospital would be a real hassle I would probably cancel anyway, otherwise turn up and see what happens. If it wasn't on a Monday and say to phone for advice, but you probably won't be able to get an answer before hand now.

for my 3 ds's grommets they said they would only cancel if they felt it would affect breathing ie heavy cold, cough, chest infection, wheezing etc - ds2 suffered with constant running nose/cold before first set of grommets, he'd have never had them if it was an issue but grommets is only 40mins under so I guess it depends on op - only hospital will be able to make the call and they most likely need to see her to know, children's ward will be manned, could a nurse give you some advice? they'll at least say come in and see or cancel...

thanks, hospital a 2 hour trip away, so I will phone them in the morning and ask. Its for a gastrostomy feeding tube and bowel biopsy and upper and lower endoscopies and biopsies , so nothing too invasive.

Been waiting since Nov for a date! been cancelled by hospital once , their error!

They will deffo cancel, poor daughter, take care

submarine did they cancel or did dd go in for op? It would be useful to know for future reference, hope all is well x