Preparing Yourself for Your Child's Procedure
The staff at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center understands that planning for your child's procedure can be a stressful process.
Guidelines to Help You Get Ready for Your Child's Procedure
Here some guidelines to help prepare yourself for your child's procedure:
- Become informed. Write down and ask your surgeon questions about:
- Your child's condition
- The procedure and its risks
- Care after the procedure
- Side effects of medicine or treatment.
- Take care of yourself by exercising, eating well and getting enough sleep. Be sure to eat on the day of surgery.
- Talk with family and friends, members of a support group or your spiritual leader.
- Attend the preoperative program at Cincinnati Children's to learn about what will happen on the day of you child's procedure.
