Hi everyone, my daughter is having back surgery tomorrow and I'd appreciate any thoughts and prayers in our direction. Our children have never had surgery, so this is a new experience for everyone. The surgery is scheduled to last 5-6 hours and we have to be at the hospital by 6:15 a.m. for 7:30 surgery, so it's going to be a long, long day.

Thanks guys! :)

You got it. My son went through a surgery at 10 months that was about 3 hours. Nothing too serious, but more preventative. Still scary as hell for us. It all worked out real good and he recovered well. Hopeing for the same for you.

You got it.

Will do

You know you, your family and especially your daughter have our thoughts and prayers Rachael.

Let us know how it went

Jeff

prayers sent . will be thinking of you tomorrow.

Prayers outbound.......

Dont know all the details,but 5 hrs. sounds tricky. I hope Gods will and ours is in line. Good luck!

I will be praying for you, your daughter and your family today and tomorrow.
Please keep us updated.

Rachael,

Prayers, good thoughts and best wishes. Let us know about the good results as soon as you can.

From my family to yours...we are thinking about you!

Prayers sent.
Kim

Can Do,

Gary

God BLESS HER

Definitely, please keep us in the loop. God Bless.

Rachael. I'll keep her in my thoughts tomorrow......
My daughter needed an emergency Appendectomy a few years back, So I know how scary it can be when there's nothing you can do but wait....2 1/2 hrs of worry then the good news.... Just try to remember that she will be in very good hands..

Tell her the whole TEAM will be wishing her well and I'll be looking forward to getting home tomorrow and reading "all went well"....

A prayer for her is on the way.

Rob

Rachael,
Prayers for you and your family. Please keep us posted on the results when you have a chance.
We'll be thinking about her.

Best wishes for a smooth and problem-free surgery and quick recovery.

I don't know what she is having done but my fusion at two levels with a laminectomy was around 9 hours. Hopefully hers is not as involved.
The most any of ours had was tonsils and one son had a screw put in his hip when he was 12 as the femur head had come loose at the growth plate from a hit in Pee Wee Football.
It is alway stressing when one of your kids has surgery of any kind.

We will put her in our prayers tonight and tomorrow for sure Rachael!:)

Rachael,prayers sent for your daughter! From a father who knows,my daughter was in surgery for 10 hours and in a body cast for a year.Every thing will be ok!

You are in my prayers tonight-- keep us posted. God will look over your family tomorrow.

My daughter has severe scoliosis and will have stainless steel rods inserted on each side of her spine to correct it, it's a form of spinal fusion. I really, really appreciate all the thoughts and prayers and will update you as soon as I can.

Your family will be in my prayers Rachael.

:thumbsup:

Done, prayers sent!

Prayers sent!! I can tell you from experience the hours spent waiting for your child to come out of surgery will be the LONGEST of your life.. My son had an operation on the roof of his mouth that lasted 4 hours, that was a LONG day..

Tell her we're all pulling for her!!

Thanks guys! Surgery went well, no problems at all, so far and it hopefully stays that way. She was in a lot of pain right after surgery as the epidural wasn't working, but we fixed that and she's resting well now. On to recovery now, which can be just as hard!

Good news! Tell her no running or jumping for a while! How long will she be in the hospital?

Rachael thanks for the update....And great to hear things went well and she is now resting comfortably.....I'll keep your family in my prayers.

Glad to hear it went well! Now we will start the prayers for a quick healing and fast recovery! Give her a bug hug for us,but not too tight just yet!:)

Thats great news Rachael. Glad to hear everything went well. Hopefully she will heal up quick and well and be able to enjoy the summer a bit.

Jeff

In late, but sounds like it went well, here is a prayer for speedy recovery....

Hope she gets well soon!

Mike

That's great, Rachael. So glad to hear it went well!

Glad to hear it went well Rachael. We will keep praying for a full and speedy recovery!

Hope all went well. She's in our prayers. Pete

Great news Rachael . Prayers sent from NH for her.

Sorry I am late. Prayers for a quick recovery are on the way.

Sorry I am late. Prayers for a quick recovery are on the way.
:yes: I'm also late, Prayers for a quick recovery.

She'll be in the hospital until at least the weekend... She's in major pain right now and the docs are having a hard time managing it. It's very hard to see your child in pain and know you can't do anything about it. I stayed with her last night but came home tonight to get a good nights sleep and shower. They gave her some good meds right before we left, she was drifting off to hopefully a good nights sleep.

I had two back surgeries, and from what I experienced, I was in a lot of pain for about 48 hours. After that period, the pain subsided a bunch. Her surgical incision was probably much longer than mine. To put those rods in, they have to make an incision top to bottom. I've seen it done. Hang in there, her pain will subside in a couple days.

Rachael, prayers for a quick recovery and a happy, healthy daughter!!