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Toddler surgery post covid - who gets to be there??

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Chillijams · 26/05/2021 04:29

Hi everyone, I’m really stressing out… aside from the obvious worries and anxieties about my toddlers surgery next week. She’s having a procedure that is relatively routine but scary none the less as she was quite ill last year and she’ll be under general anaesthetic and she’s only 3. Due to Covid rules, only one parent is allowed to be in the hospital with her. This is causing me additional stress. I’ve been to the radiography and follow up consultation and my husband now thinks it’s his turn to be in the hospital. I completely get that and know he wants to be there. But I can’t not be there when my daughter goes down and comes out of surgery but I know I’m being selfish wanting to do everything. She lived inside me and I feel sick if I wasn’t there as soon as she woke up. My husband is a great dad and I know it’s fair he gets to be there but I can’t face that choice. How do I explain without coming across controlling etc….

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Sirzy · 26/05/2021 10:21

It’s down to who will be the best for her, as hard as it is it’s not about either of you, who is best placed to support her - both in terms of staying calm and being the one who she wants to hug when she comes round.

It’s a horrid situation but she needs to come first

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