General Anaesthetics for a child...

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Oh do I have a problem My son is due to have eight teeth removed on

Monday, four adults, four babies... they were to be extracted in the office. I

just got off the phone with the office however & they will in fact be giving

him a general anaesthetic. This is in the doctor's office, not the hospital.

As background, I'm a mito mom that has had the disease actively since I was

24, not diagnosed til 32... I do extraordinarily poorly with general's... the

first one, at my son's age coincidentally, I just got profusely ill & was

admitted, because it too was on an outpatient basis....

What should I do? My first thought is to just say NO.... a twilight in the

office would be fine (I do fine with that myself), but a general? That's a very

bad idea I think.... but we don't know that our son has a genetic tendency

or not... am I just being an over cautious parent? I hope someone can advise

me here, because I'm really quite upset

TIA

Chris