Before your child’s surgery
Pre-procedure phone call
Surgery
Printable hospital preparation stories
Stories provide a helpful way for children to learn more about the steps in their health care experience and understand what's expected of everyone during their hospital stay. You can print one of the following stories with the photos and text provided, or delete some or all of the text and add your own for personalization.
Grand Rounds: Advances in fetal surgery
January 1, 1970, 12 a.m. – 12 a.m., St. Paul
This week's grand rounds will feature:
Children’s patient receives new surgery buddy
Hannah Kiresuk lost the stuffed cow that had been through more than 30 surgeries and 300 days in the hospital with her, so Children's nurses and others helped her find a new pal.
Baby Leah’s journey: ‘I knew she was special from the beginning’
Leah underwent multiple surgeries before she was 5 months old so that she could share her big personality and infectious smile with the world.
Help find patient’s lost stuffed cow
Hammy has been with Hannah Kiresuk through more than 30 surgeries and 300 days of hospital stays.
Midwest Fetal Care Center recruits one of the nation’s top genetic therapy researchers
Joseph Lillegard, MD, PhD, Joins Midwest Fetal Care Center as Research Director and Pediatric Surgeon
Preparing kids for surgery
Dr. Gigi Chawla joined "WCCO Mid-Morning" to talk about what parents can do to prepare kids for surgery.
Cochlear implants give Elijah new life
Elijah was born deaf, but technology gives him the power to hear the world around him.
Kids – what happens after surgery
When your surgery is over you will stop getting the sleep medicine and you will be moved on a bed with wheels to the Post Anesthesia Care Unit. We call it the PACU or sometimes the recovery room. You will begin to wake up and a recovery room nurse will be taking care of you. The nurse will check your temperature, heart, breathing, and blood pressure. You will feel sleepy and maybe a little dizzy. Tell your nurse if anything hurts. Your nurse can give you medicine to help you feel better.