Sedation

Daniel needs to be sedated on Wednesday for an echo. Has anyone 'had' their child sedated, how long did it last and did it have any effects after the sedation worn off?

Not a general. They have to sedate him cos he's so mobile - last time he was on all 4s while they were trying to get the image and it was OK but not great quality. We need a really good quality image cos there are some potential new problems developing that need to be checked carefully. I think it might be given via drops??

I'll let you know!

I wish they had sedated bailey before actually knocking him out. it was awful! he even had bruises around his chin from where the anesthetist was holding him so tight just for the mask!

Good luck for tomorrow Fliss! Hope little Daniel is ok.

It's on Weds so two more sleeps! One woman on TNN said sometimes they can go a bit loopy (eek - Daniel loopy he's full on enough as it is!). Bit worried sedated Daniel might give me flashbacks to PICU - hopefully not.

OK, so we seem to have the first under-2 that would not be sedated. He was fantastic till they gave him the stuff and as it kicked it it really stressed him out. So we had two hours of screaming but no sleep. They managed to do a mini-echo (quick scan of the key parts) in between Daniel screaming and hitting and shoving the probe away. Agh dramas dramas. They probably would have got a better scan if they hadn't tried to sedate him Ah well, not their fault. Every other kid his age and weight was knocked out within 20 minutes so he's obviously just stubborn (guess who he got that from).

Emma, it will be interesting to see how Sienna goes. They must use another drug for older ones (they said they don't bother sedating the over-2s in cardiac clinic cos they're too big and don't respond).