My 14 year old daughter had a successful laparoscopic appendectomy. The appendics had not burst. Immediately after the surgeon came out of surgery I asked him how long before my daughter could return to soccer, as in 1 week's time she had a tournament coming up, which entails playing 4 games in 1 weekend. Never in a million years did I expect the answer I heard, which was she could play in the tournament. I was more expecting him to say no, to back me in allowing her time to heal. She is a very headstrong young lady, and at times I have a difficult getting her to give her body ample time to recover. She just wanted to take ibuprophen to help with the pain & go ahead and play.
Since then I have poured over the internet looking for information on recovery time from this procedure. What I could find was rather sketchy. Everything from 2-6 week recovery time to return to normal activities in 1 week. I don't mean any disrespect, but it takes a week for a pimple to heal, how can one expect the human body to heal completely enough to participate safely in a rough contact sport like soccer after only 1 week post-op?
My question is what all is entailed in the healing process? I know that with laparoscopic surgery the incision site heals more quickly than everything on the inside. What are the risks to the abdominal area if rough sports are played? What happens when those sutures are yanked and pulled on during jumping and heaving for the ball (she plays goal keeper)? What about the area where the appendix was removed? How long does the reattachment site take to heal? What are the long-term far-reaching repercussions for not allowing adequate healing time for this area?
My grandmother had her gallbladder taken out (not laparoscopically) and didn't allow herself enough time to heal and they had to go back in and put some kind of plate in the area because she'd overstretched something. Could something like this happen to my daughter? Also my former husband had arthroscoptic knee surgery and also didn