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Long story short, my kid ended up in hospital for six days a in October. I won't go into details, but he's fine after IV antibiotics and very minor surgery.
I learned a few things being around the Royal Children's Hospital.
Firstly, it's a really good hospital. It's never good to have to stay in hospital, but when your kid does it's great to have a place as good at this. They even gave him a certificate when he got out of surgery for being so brave.
Secondly, I can now report that my kid is not allergic to CT contrast fluid, like his mother is. Nor does he have an negative reactions to anesthetic. There's no good way to find this out, although this was the least bad way.
Also turns out my kid is a very good patient. He did what was asked of him, he lay still when he had to lay still, he opened his mouth when he was asked so his throat could be examined. He didn't complain when he needed to get a new IV put into his hand. He was well behaved when he had to have a CT scan. I put on a lead vest to keep him company while they scanned him, but he didn't need me to keep him calm. In fact he was quite excited because it had a large spinning thing in it.
He did get grumpy and bored with being in bed all day, which is understandable!
Other minor discoveries:
I learned a few things being around the Royal Children's Hospital.
Firstly, it's a really good hospital. It's never good to have to stay in hospital, but when your kid does it's great to have a place as good at this. They even gave him a certificate when he got out of surgery for being so brave.
Secondly, I can now report that my kid is not allergic to CT contrast fluid, like his mother is. Nor does he have an negative reactions to anesthetic. There's no good way to find this out, although this was the least bad way.
Also turns out my kid is a very good patient. He did what was asked of him, he lay still when he had to lay still, he opened his mouth when he was asked so his throat could be examined. He didn't complain when he needed to get a new IV put into his hand. He was well behaved when he had to have a CT scan. I put on a lead vest to keep him company while they scanned him, but he didn't need me to keep him calm. In fact he was quite excited because it had a large spinning thing in it.
He did get grumpy and bored with being in bed all day, which is understandable!
Other minor discoveries:
- Driving from our place in Lalor to the RCH via the ring-road during non-peak periods takes only about 25 minutes
- A sandwich purchased at 11PM from a roadhouse restaurant attached to a petrol station on the way home tastes fucking delicious
- If you're at the RCH for more than two days you can get cheaper parking.
- A child watching YouTube on an iPad will get through 1Gb of mobile data every 90 minutes or so!
- It is possible sleep on a seat that folds out flat, but a hospital is an inherently noisy place.
