Precautions to take after Pediatric Heart Surgery -Dr. Benedict Raj скачать в хорошем качестве

Precautions to take after Pediatric Heart Surgery -Dr. Benedict Raj

Now they have packed their bags and going to leave the hospital and we are going to see the child in the room, the mother asks, what diet can we give the child. If it is a big kid, I ask them to go home and give him biriyani. He is a big child and he can eat what he wants. If you think the child really wants it, there is no harm in giving. It is not like heart surgery for an old man, where you have to restrict cholesterol and sugar. Let them eat what they want and don’t force them. Don’t put them on diet, don’t restrict them and the next thing is what about his activities. I tell them after surgery the operation site will have some pain and pain is a protective phenomenon. The more he moves s his hands, he will have pain and if he walks very fast or runs very fast, he will have pain. So that will slow him down. So a little bit of pain is good for the child and as he becomes more active and has less pain that means the wound is going to heal well. So if he is able to lie on his chest without pain that mean the wound is healing well. Can I lift him holding the chest, holding the arms, because the chest bone that we cut is more, it takes time to heal. In babies it takes about 6 to 8 weeks an in old people it takes about 8 to 10 weeks. It is already about a week you have done a surgery and it already very sticky and the bones are joining. In maybe another 3 week the bones are healing so well that you can lift him, but in that time supporting the back side of the child up. We are not going to lift the chid with one hand. We don’t have to be stressed about the care of the child post operatively. Other question is I am planning to send the child back to school after summer holidays. By 2 months the bones would all heal and the child can go to school and running and playing and hold his bags. So I don’t think there is an issue, generally they do feel weak for a month or so, and so they may not be as active as other children but that doesn’t mean that the heart is weak. So if the heart is weak, there is written instructions is to what has to be done. But if there are no issues, and we tell you that everything is fine, then in 2 months the child can go to school and carry his school bags, go by school bus, play. Fall down. Father ask if the child is naughty can I beat him? I would say, not necessary but you have to take a call on that and I won’t enter that. But naughty children are intelligent. So let us see what we can do for them.