Admitting to hospital

Tuesdays seem to be our days for multiple appointments. After the ophthalmologist Annie zoomed Raphael to his Gymbaroo class for the last half hour of it then back to home while Annie had to go to a dental checkup, then fetching the older kids from one baby sitter to deliver them to another babysitter and school and finally rushing Raphael to hospital to admit him for the procedures on the following day.

We spoke to the Anaesthetist that evening. They weren't aware of the eye pressure test yet but the other three procedures were ready to proceed.

Because he has only just recovered from a cold that he has had over the past week we asked the Anaesthetist about whether he thought it was still safe to proceed. He suggested that we see how he was overnight and then check him again tomorrow.

We were planning to stay until he had his line put in for intravenous (IV) feeding that evening but when we found out that it was going to be very late we went home for the night. He was given IV fluids because he had to be fasted from midnight and the anaesthetist didn't want him to be dehydrated before the operation.