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Neuromuscular Spinal Fusion Recovery

Patient Education
Apr 12, 2023

Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU/Recovery Room)

  • You will wake up lying on your back. You will be in a hospital bed in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU).
  • The breathing tube will stay in your mouth and throat until your doctors feel it is safe to remove it.  This is often the morning after surgery.
  • You will stay in the PICU until the doctors decide you are safe to go to your room on the pediatric unit..
  • You will have x-rays of your back soon after getting to the PICU.
  • A nurse will check your pain often.  They will give you pain medicine to keep you comfortable.