Guest guest Posted November 12, 2004 Report Share Posted November 12, 2004 Hi Kendra, I don't know anything about Hypotonia so I can't help there, but my son did just have a CT scan yesterday. I was also worried about the sedation. I think the hardest thing was that couldn't eat anything for 6 hours before the scan (but could have breast milk up to 4 hours prior), so he was pretty hungry. They fed him the sedative in a bottle, but apparently it tastes pretty bad so he fought that process. He actually wouldn't swallow it - you could hear him gurgling it as he cried. That was the most traumatic part for us, as they eventually had to force feed it to him. But that only took a minute or too, and then we got to snuggle as he fell asleep. I also don't think all babies fight it so much. A friend of mine had to have the CT scan a couple of weeks ago, and her son drank the sedative just fine. It took about 20 minutes for the drug to take affect, and then was truly zonked. The scan was uneventful, only took a few minutes, and then we let sleep it off. He was hooked up to a heart rate monitor, however, to monitor his pulse so we were sure that he was okay. After about 2 hours the nurses finally woke him up. He was a bit groggy at first. Make sure you bring a bottle of clear liquid, like apple juice, for him to drink when he wakes up. perked right up after we gave him the juice. But, because of the sedative combined with the fact that he hadn't eaten all day, he threw up most of the juice after he drank it. (apple juice throw up is easier to clean up than formula or breast milk) As soon as we got home we fed him, and then he was able to tolerate food just fine. He was pretty normal the rest of the day, although he had a hard time going to sleep last night. Today you'd never know he was sedated yesterday. Hope this helps! Good luck. If you're calm during the process then a will be too. Chrissy & (8 mos., plagio & tort) > > Hi, > The neurosurgeon that we had an appoinment with on Wed. ordered a CT > scan for my daughter because her head is above the 98th%. He wants to > just make sure her head is big because her parents have big heads. > The hospital scheduled the CT scan for the day after Thanksgiving. > I am really nervous about this because of them having to sedate her. > Can somebody tell me what we can expect before, during, and after the > CT scan? Can they also sedate me to keep me calm? : ) > > Also, yesterday during her PT session, the PT discovered a also > has hypotonia (low tone). She said that the neuro should have noticed > this. I told her that it would have helped if he had truly examined > her. Anyway, I was wondering what are some of the reasons that she > could have hypotonia. I know that there are some very serious reasons > kids could have low tone (cerebral palsy etc. ). Are there any other > less serious reasons? > > Thanks for your help, > Kendra > a (10 months old) > Severe Plagio > Tort > Hypotonia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 12, 2004 Report Share Posted November 12, 2004 Kendra, My son, Brady had a CT scan on Thursday and was also sedated - once we got to the hospital they put us in a little holding room for Brady to monitor him and get his meds (chloro...)it is a small amount of orange looking liquid that they gave to him in a little dropper - he didn't really like the taste but they let me give him his bottle before and after, in about 10 minutes he was sleeping soundly (I was able to hold him) they let him sleep another 10 minutes and rolled him into the ct scan - he didn't even move a bit - the test literally took about 4 minutes - I was able to stay in the room with him. They wheeled him back to his room and he sleeped for about an hour total - they checked his blood presure a few times and once he woke up and was alert - I could take him home. He slept alot yesterday and was a little off his schedule - he also had a lot of gas - not painful just " passing wind " . We even got the results this morning and everything was normal - Thank God. If you have any other questions, please dont hesitate to ask. Good Luck mommy to Brady (6 mo) tort and plagio > > Hi, > The neurosurgeon that we had an appoinment with on Wed. ordered a CT > scan for my daughter because her head is above the 98th%. He wants to > just make sure her head is big because her parents have big heads. > The hospital scheduled the CT scan for the day after Thanksgiving. > I am really nervous about this because of them having to sedate her. > Can somebody tell me what we can expect before, during, and after the > CT scan? Can they also sedate me to keep me calm? : ) > > Also, yesterday during her PT session, the PT discovered a also > has hypotonia (low tone). She said that the neuro should have noticed > this. I told her that it would have helped if he had truly examined > her. Anyway, I was wondering what are some of the reasons that she > could have hypotonia. I know that there are some very serious reasons > kids could have low tone (cerebral palsy etc. ). Are there any other > less serious reasons? > > Thanks for your help, > Kendra > a (10 months old) > Severe Plagio > Tort > Hypotonia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 15, 2004 Report Share Posted November 15, 2004 Our experience with the CT scan wasn't bad. My son Connor had one last month (on his birthday no less). Basically, before the scan, they took all of his vitals and had a doc check his breathing. They gave him the sedation meds orally (it was Verced). It never did knock Connor all the way out. It made him very relaxed and very " chatty " , lol (luckily, they were still able to get the scan). They strapped him in the machine (not as bad as it sounds, looks like they are swaddled, and he was relaxed enough he didn't care) and the scan was very quick, just a couple of minutes. As soon as he was done and they rechecked his vitals, I was able to give him a bottle. He was a little irritable afterwards, but within a few hours was back to his normal self. The hardest part is not being able to feed them for several hours before the scan. The timing with ours worked out pretty well though and he didn't get too upset. Hope everything goes smoothly for you! Connor (PPO helmet grad 8/04, tort resolved) > > Hi, > The neurosurgeon that we had an appoinment with on Wed. ordered a CT > scan for my daughter because her head is above the 98th%. He wants to > just make sure her head is big because her parents have big heads. > The hospital scheduled the CT scan for the day after Thanksgiving. > I am really nervous about this because of them having to sedate her. > Can somebody tell me what we can expect before, during, and after the > CT scan? Can they also sedate me to keep me calm? : ) > > Also, yesterday during her PT session, the PT discovered a also > has hypotonia (low tone). She said that the neuro should have noticed > this. I told her that it would have helped if he had truly examined > her. Anyway, I was wondering what are some of the reasons that she > could have hypotonia. I know that there are some very serious reasons > kids could have low tone (cerebral palsy etc. ). Are there any other > less serious reasons? > > Thanks for your help, > Kendra > a (10 months old) > Severe Plagio > Tort > Hypotonia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 15, 2004 Report Share Posted November 15, 2004 I'm sorry ot hear this. I do not have experience with this but just wanted to offer my support. Please keep us posted and you have our best wishes. Sue Colin F., 13 mos. STARband grad 9/04 brachy > > Hi, > The neurosurgeon that we had an appoinment with on Wed. ordered a CT > scan for my daughter because her head is above the 98th%. He wants to > just make sure her head is big because her parents have big heads. > The hospital scheduled the CT scan for the day after Thanksgiving. > I am really nervous about this because of them having to sedate her. > Can somebody tell me what we can expect before, during, and after the > CT scan? Can they also sedate me to keep me calm? : ) > > Also, yesterday during her PT session, the PT discovered a also > has hypotonia (low tone). She said that the neuro should have noticed > this. I told her that it would have helped if he had truly examined > her. Anyway, I was wondering what are some of the reasons that she > could have hypotonia. I know that there are some very serious reasons > kids could have low tone (cerebral palsy etc. ). Are there any other > less serious reasons? > > Thanks for your help, > Kendra > a (10 months old) > Severe Plagio > Tort > Hypotonia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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