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Old Tue Apr 17, 2007, 12:49 AM
Wendy Beltrami Wendy Beltrami is offline
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BMA & B sedation

I am not exactly sure what you mean by conscious sedation, but I will tell you that my son Grant had a BMA & B at Stanford for which he was put "out" for very very short period of time- maybe 15 minutes max using "gas". He woke up quickly and had no pain. I'm sorry I am completely drawing a blank on the name of the sedation med and can't locate it in my notes right at the moment. Might have been propophol or versed or maybe both(?) He wakes up, has some crackers, sits around for 45 min or so and away we go.

He has had 6 BMA & Bs since his dx in 1998 at 3 different hospitals and has never, EVER had any pain or difficulty. A tiny bandaid and maybe a slight soreness at the site afterwards for which he does not even require any Tylenol.

Yes, he is a pediatric patient but I do not understand why anyone would ever undergo this procedure any other way. What is the benefit of not doing it this way? I hear of adults who describe a horrendous painful ordeal. I don't get it.

Wendy/mom to Grant
age 15 1/2
dx 12/4/98 AA
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