My DD (then aged 3 years 9 months) had 6 teeth taken out under general anaesthetic. She has a few "issues" and was referred to the hospital. They said they would put her to sleep and do what needed to be done. She had 2 teeth fused in the front (part of her condition) and an overcrowded mouth.
She had to have a pre-med as she was very "anti" the doctors - (and the aneastheologist (sp?) was very unsympathetic to her and her condition - had never met her before).
When she came round after the operation, she was so very grumpy - like a nasty drunk but that was because of the pre-med.
We were allowed home about 2 hours after she came out of the recovery room. I carried my DD to the car as she was still a bit unsteady on her feet from the aneasthetic and when I got to the car it looked like us both had been in a bad accident - but then it didn't seem too bad as we were on hospital grounds. It would have been worse if we were just walking out on the street. We were both covered in blood - my DD where she was drooling (and it was dripping onto her clothes) and my shoulders and top where her head was resting against my shoulder.
They gave me a cardboard kidney dish to take home with us in the car. I only live about 5-10 minutes drive from the hospital.
Gave us no real aftercare advice. Got indoors and was on the phone to my boyfriend (not her dad) to tell him we were back home and while I was on the phone, my DD coughed and vomited black thick blood all over herself and the carpet.
I rang the hospital straight away and they said "oh, don't worry, that is perfectly normal because of the amount of blood that she would have swallowed". Wish they had told me that before hand as I panicked big time.
She, at that time, went to daycare. Had one day at home and was back at daycare the second day after having 6 teeth out.