We were told to prepare for an overnight stay to observe her after the anesthesia.They told us not to nurse her before bringing her in so that we could nurse her immediately before the test and thus put her to sleep. At Children’s, in radiology, the technician explained that if we nursed her and she wasn’t still in the machine we’d have to come back another day because they would then use anesthesia which must be given on an empty stomach.
A gamble. We decided to try without nursing or anesthesia. She slept like a log. She was the cutest little bundle going into that big, noisy machine that was hacking like a sawmill. All we could see of her between her blanket and straps and buckles was her little pacifier going up and down rythmically. the test ended after about 20 minutes of numerous series of deafening clanks.