endoscopy questions

[Anonymous]

I did search for this topic and read about various opinions on it. My dd is scheduled for one on March 7th and I’m scared. I dont do well on general anesthesia and her GI says she will be on it inspite of my requests for using other alternatives..

Yesterday she received her shots on 6th monthly checkup and she is hysterical today…I have nightmares about endoscopy now . Do they give any pain medications post endoscopy?

Experienced moms, what are the things I should ask before the procedure? I do have a picture of the whole thing in my mind..but I dont know what are the unexpected stuff to be clarified before hand.

[Anonymous]

Isaac had this at 6 months old and truthfully it was not bad at all. It only took 5-10 minutes. You will get the results right after except for the biopsies. The only bad part is that they tend to kind of freak out at that age in the recovery room b/c they don’t know the nurses and are in a weird place. Overall it was the best test that was done on him giving us so many answers. I would say don’t worry so much and i am a super worrier! I hope the whole thing goes smoothly and gives you the answers that you need!

[Anonymous]

Matthew had his done at 4 months or so. We did not do the general anesthesia, but they did sedate him. I would assume that for a bigger baby it is really just not possible to hold them in place as well as a smaller younger baby.

No, no pain medication because it should not hurt. I had a biopsy teh same day as Matthew (weird coincidence, right) and they gave me a sedative through the IV… i woke up and never felt anything they had done to me. Matthew was also fine after the sedative wore off…

Good luck! i hope you get some answers.

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