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When your operation is over, you will be
taken to a special room called the Recovery Room. You will be asleep from the
anesthesia when you arrive and nurses watch over you until you wake. They will call
your name and tell you to wake up.
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There are
a lot of beds in one room. Each bed has a curtain that can be closed around the bed
so that you can have privacy when you need it. The nurses
can see all the beds from their desk.
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You will still have hospital pj's and your incision will be covered. Some
operations have special stuff to wear. If you have a tonsilectomy, you get an ice
collar to help with the swelling and discomfort. [You get lots of
ice cream, too!]
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You will not feel much discomfort in the
Recovery Room because you still have medication in your body.
Doctors and nurses are careful to see that you have medicines for pain and
discomfort after surgery, too.
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Warning! Warning! Doctors and
nurses need to know when you feel pain. You do not have to
be 'brave'! Let them know so that they can
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You will see a wall of machines that
watch over you. They are placed in just the right spot for your
nurses to read them and take the best care of you.
You will not be able to have any food in here, but they will sometimes give you tiny
pieces of ice to suck on once you get back to the Children's wing [Pediatrics]. They will wheel you back there while you are still
sleepy. You might not even remember going back at all but simply
wake up there. Your parents will be with you again in the Children's
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