I might be writing too late, but here I am. We went through the soft palate repair just this month (Feb
. Everything went sooo well - except the length of the hospital stay. We didn't know he would wait 3 days to even let a drop of MM go into his mouth. He was just hurting & needed more time than we had anticipated. We held him alot - almost around the clock & he got brave enough eventually. (He was hungry, too, I'm sure.)
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As far as restraints & any special instructions, we had none. It was far enough back in his mouth not to be a problem. They said just no hard things in his mouth for a week or two.
Best of luck to you & write if you want -
lwhitt@gfd.comLydia