Guest guest Posted April 17, 2006 Report Share Posted April 17, 2006 We saw Dr Uszler in January. Spect was scheduled for 5:30 and we got there at 5:20. Another family got there at 5:15 so they went 1st. This caused us to wait until 6:30 to even get started so if you can find out ahead of time if they have scheduled more than one do so and try to get there 1st! He was given the IV (kinda tough on ours) by the anesthesiologist. Once he settled down from that 5 minutes or so, he had to sit quietly for 10 minutes and try to be as calm as possible to get the best reading on the brain. (as i understand). Once calm for 10, they injected the dye, and he was free to do whatever as long as he did not disrupt his IV line. He was happy to play gameboy. There is also a DVD player in the waiting room. I do not remember it being a long 45 minutes....goes by fast if you keep distracting him. They then took him back and gave him the anesthesia and did the scan. I can not remember exact times, but we left that office about 9:30. Had to wait around a little after to make sure he woke up well. I hope this answers your questions. It was a lot easier to get him to sit quietly for those 10 minutes than 1st thought it would be. And as long as he did not mess with the IV line (ours did but the line was still good or they would have to redo) it is not too bad. Good luck -- In , DGreg21541@... wrote: > > Our 14 yr old son is going to need general anesthesia for his SPECT next week > and we just heard that he needs to have an IV put in 45 minutes prior to the > administration of the anesthesia for the dye to be injected. Can anyone who > has used general anesthesia comment on how the IV part worked and whether their > child was difficult during this 45 mins and/or whether the anesthesiologist > was willing to shorten the timeframe between dye administration and the > anesthesia? > > Any feedback would be appreciated, as we are debating whether to travel > across the country if the potential exists for the test not to be done. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 We had a very similar experience as (except we arrived first, our appointment was first, and they still took another patient in front of us, I think by mistake). My son was 3 at the time of the test. Kristy Re: Dr. Uzler Spect We saw Dr Uszler in January. Spect was scheduled for 5:30 and we got there at 5:20. Another family got there at 5:15 so they went 1st. This caused us to wait until 6:30 to even get started so if you can find out ahead of time if they have scheduled more than one do so and try to get there 1st! He was given the IV (kinda tough on ours) by the anesthesiologist. Once he settled down from that 5 minutes or so, he had to sit quietly for 10 minutes and try to be as calm as possible to get the best reading on the brain. (as i understand). Once calm for 10, they injected the dye, and he was free to do whatever as long as he did not disrupt his IV line. He was happy to play gameboy. There is also a DVD player in the waiting room. I do not remember it being a long 45 minutes....goes by fast if you keep distracting him. They then took him back and gave him the anesthesia and did the scan. I can not remember exact times, but we left that office about 9:30. Had to wait around a little after to make sure he woke up well. I hope this answers your questions. It was a lot easier to get him to sit quietly for those 10 minutes than 1st thought it would be. And as long as he did not mess with the IV line (ours did but the line was still good or they would have to redo) it is not too bad. Good luck -- In , DGreg21541@... wrote: > > Our 14 yr old son is going to need general anesthesia for his SPECT next week > and we just heard that he needs to have an IV put in 45 minutes prior to the > administration of the anesthesia for the dye to be injected. Can anyone who > has used general anesthesia comment on how the IV part worked and whether their > child was difficult during this 45 mins and/or whether the anesthesiologist > was willing to shorten the timeframe between dye administration and the > anesthesia? > > Any feedback would be appreciated, as we are debating whether to travel > across the country if the potential exists for the test not to be done. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 We took our 12 year old son to see Dr. Uszler last summer and he had anesthesia and was fine. He definately needed it since you really need to lay still for awhile. I was aprehensive at first but Dr. Mandel was really great and they got it done and woke up when it was over and they got what they needed. WHy go all the way there and risk the test being incomplete. If there is ANY question about your child remaining perfectly still then you need to administer the anesthesia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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