Re: tendon release surgery?--veering OT

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I don't know if this has changed or not, but Dr. Dobbs did my son at

Shriner's nearly four years ago and they do it in the OR under

anesthesia there because that is Shriner's policy. I don't think

they actually use general because never even got his IV started

because she said by the time she got him asleep and was getting ready

to start his IV they were done with the procedure.

Pam and (8-12-01)

> > Dr. Dobbs does most of his patients tenotomies under general

> > anesthesia because he works at Children's Hospital. I think it

is a

> > policy of the hospital that pretty much any procedure be done this

> > way; the philosophy is that part of their reputation is about

> > providing superior service and no pain for children. It was a

> little

> > scary when I let myself think about my baby (6 weeks old) being

put

> to

> > sleep w/ Anesthesia. But that's what these people do - it's their

> > specialty, Pediatric Anesthesiologists have LOTS of specialized

> > training so they know how much anesthesia to give to a baby and

when

> > to stop giving them anesthesia so they wake up at just the right

> time

> > and feel as little pain as possible (preferrably none). Sammy

was a

> > real champ though, he did not complain about the not eating

thing --

> > he was really just paying attention to what was going on around

him,

> > and the whole thing was over so quickly, maybe 25 minutes from the

> > time they took him to the time they came to get me. They let me

> nurse

> > him in recovery and then he fell asleep. He dozed off and on for

> > about an hour and nursed again and they sent us home. It was

really

> > much more of a big deal in my own mind before hand than what it

> turned

> > out to be. Hope this helps!

> >

> > Thanks,

> >

> >

> >

> >

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