I'd love to hear people's experiences with MRIs for pre-teen children. Specificially, my daughter is currently 8. She had an MRI close to 1 1/2 years ago when she was first diagnosed, but it was an open MRI and the quality wasn't good enough to be definitive. We need to get her a closed MRI, but I remember the first MRI took a Long time (was it about 90 minutes) and while she seemed to be great about staying still, there was motion artifact. The open MRI was not stressful because it was an open environment and she could watch a movie. I'm not so sure how she'll do in an enclosed MRI. I think we can explain it to her so she knows what to expect and less likely to be fearful, but I'm not sure she'll physically be able to stay still that long.
What have been any of your experiences? Did you have them sedated? If so, was it IV sedation, general anesthesia, something else? Our local hospital is recommending IV sedation, but we could go in and try it without. If so and she wasn't able to stay still or she got upset we'd have to reschedule and go in another time for sedation.
How many of you did nothing? How old were your children? If you didn't sedate did you do anything to help them relax? (medicine?)
I'd love to hear of others' experiences.
Thanks!
What have been any of your experiences? Did you have them sedated? If so, was it IV sedation, general anesthesia, something else? Our local hospital is recommending IV sedation, but we could go in and try it without. If so and she wasn't able to stay still or she got upset we'd have to reschedule and go in another time for sedation.
How many of you did nothing? How old were your children? If you didn't sedate did you do anything to help them relax? (medicine?)
I'd love to hear of others' experiences.
Thanks!
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