My son will have surgery to correct a hypospadia when he's 4.5 months. I know this is a pretty common birth defect and surgery, so I'm not really worried about it ... but at the same time no one wants their 4 month old to have surgery! I am interested in hearing from other parent's who've had this done. What's the recovery like? Do babies have to fast before surgery?? My son has the 'mega meatus' variety (urethra is at the glans) so it should be correctable in one surgery. Thanks in advance!
The surgery won't happen until August, so I can't tell you how it went, but thank you for your responses. I just made the appointment yesterday, so I've started stressing out about it. It helps me prepare to know what to expect. Best of luck to you and your son, RG R!
I posted a similar question a few days ago. My son is having the surgery on Monday. I got my instructions from the hospital yesterday.
We have to be at the hospital at 6:00 AM for a 7:30 surgery. He cannot have formula after 1:30 in the morning. Between 1:30 and 4:00 AM he can have clear liquids, nothing after that. They said we should be able to leave the hospital by about noon.
Best of luck to you. I cannot wait until we are past this!
Yes they must fast. Belly needs to be empty. They usually try to do these as a first case of the day. There was just a post about this the past day or two. Look for it. I am sure it will help. It was a urethroplasty or something similar question. Some answers referred to hypospadias too.
Just fyi re fasting. It's important to fast before any surgery that uses an anesthetic at any age. The reason for the fasting is to have the stomach and intestines empty in case the person vomits, which is not uncommon after surgery, so that they don't aspirate anything into their lungs.
