tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616354486898192127.post7594615568735441389..comments2023-06-21T05:40:09.028-06:00Comments on I Will Skate!: Call from the Neuro clinic... hmmmm....Oatie - IWillSkate on Icehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01239644838455889910noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616354486898192127.post-75575108704714781582011-03-16T13:00:03.988-06:002011-03-16T13:00:03.988-06:00Dear Phil and Eric,
Thanks guys for your support....Dear Phil and Eric,<br /><br />Thanks guys for your support. There is a saying in England "if it ain't broke, don't fix it!" and yes you could say his brain damage is "broken" but he Oatie, is a really lucky guy, no seizures, no twisted limbs, he's improving with the ABR we do with him almost everyday, his ABR machine he has everday, his speech is improving and his mobility, he feeds himself. Because of what anaesthesia is/does, I wonder or my hugest concern is, if the anaesthetic would "change" his condition and then make it permanently worse, like you rightly pointed out, for Oatie because he is stable and improving for me there isn't any urgency. As he isn't shaky either, I would like to think in a few years time, he could lie still on his own accord no anaesthetic to have the scan.<br /><br />Love Mel<br />xxxOatie - IWillSkate on Icehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01239644838455889910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616354486898192127.post-40711876775849679432011-03-16T05:14:37.938-06:002011-03-16T05:14:37.938-06:00I totally agree with your feelings about GA and al...I totally agree with your feelings about GA and all these types of scans. After Adam's accident when he lived in Intensive Care, one M.D. finally said why put him through all these MRI's, PET scans, etc. They will show a brain injury which we know exists already. I always think that a mom's intuition is the best guide and the M.D.'s know little about the brain anyway. I once posted about a boy without a cerebellum and pons who walks, says words, grasps....the M.D.'s can't explain it. The scans showed he should not be able to function but, gee, he is functioning. Stay with mom's intuition...Phil Dzialohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04150881545903849250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616354486898192127.post-87033563149962757552011-03-16T01:47:49.993-06:002011-03-16T01:47:49.993-06:00I agree with you that the general anaesthesia is t...I agree with you that the general anaesthesia is tricky. The point of doing a brain scan (PET, MRI, CT?) though is primarily to have a reference point to see changes in the future, especially if there is contrast agent used. Certain brain anomalies develop over time and could be dangerous. Then there is simply the added information that allows us to learn more about how the body works. But as I said the GA is tricky and if there does not appear to be any urgency so then you should go with your feeling.Eric Fischerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02471331868560587898noreply@blogger.com