Hey Mummies
For those who left messages on my FB, thanks for your concern for caelen
He's fine now, eyes are still raw and reddish but hopefully the styes won't grow again *keep fingers crossed very hard*
Well, the story is... since Jan, Caelen's eyes started to grow these styes (chinese we call mak zam). The thing is, his just wouldn't subside and even spread to all 4 eyelids. We consulted the doctors but they all said the only way to remove them is through surgery. Leaving them alone, they might take up to 2 years to totally heal! Actually for adults, it is a very simple incision but for children, they would need to go for GA
So no choice, we decided to bring him for day surgery, considering that his eyes are all swollen with styes on upper and lower eye lids.
On the day of the operation, we brought him to Gleneagles very early in the morning, like 6am and I accompanied Caelen into the operating theatre. I left the Op theatre after they put him to sleep. That was about 755am.
Just 15mins later, I was shocked to hear screaming from the vicinity of the Op room. When we rushed over, the nurse had just carried Caelen out of theatre and he was screaming bloody murder all the way from the operating room. It totally freaked us out when we saw him cos' the tears mixed with the blood really made him seem as if he's bleeding from the eyes! And all the nurse did was to hand me a piece of tissue to wipe the tears, and pass a wheelchair (?!) over for me to sit. What the?!
Anyway, the boy cried for a good 1 hour, non-stop. I can imagine how tramatising it must be for him. We paid for a half day hospital stay but we didn't step into the ward at all, cos' his screaming would disturb the other kid in the ward. So we walked into the empty playroom and cuddled him until he calmed down.
So, overall a very unpleasant experience
Total damage came up to $1,600!! For GA, anaesthetist, eye surgeon, rental of Op theatre, hospital stay. For a 15mins surgery! Actually, the question i had which was not answered was - how come they allowed him to wake up immediately after the surgery? Wouldn't it be better if they let him rest after the surgery and gradually wake up an hour or so later? Does anyone know?