This has surely been a whirlwind year but sometimes you learn things through a painful experience that if shared could literally save a life.
To not share this would be wrong especially among the many friends that I have made on this forum.
My 16 month old grandson Brody has been in the hospital fighting a serious bacterial infection to his knee joint which required surgery and now a very long process of daily antibiotic IV treatments.
After being in the hospital for one week he has had numerous procedures including injected sedatives for surgery and tube implants.
The final step before being released from the hospital and to begin his 10 weeks of I V treatment was to have an MRI performed to determine the extent of damage to his knee and leg bone.
They brought Brody back after the MRI and he was his usually happy self despite what he has gone through. A few minutes later he turned blue, experienced constriction of all body muscles and his temperature rose to 106.7. If not for a particular doctor who had read about this reaction my 1st grandson would not be with us today instead of in Chapel Hill recovering from this reaction.
It is called Malignant Hypothermia and is triggered by a genetic/metabolic reaction to a Gas administered anesthetic. Every parent should read up on this condition before allowing loved ones to use gas administered anesthetics. I happens so quick once symptoms begin and may occur quickly or as long as several hours after a procedure. Without immediate and accurate medical attention severe muscle damage and/or death will occur. The amount of damage depends on how quickly the correct drug can be administered.
This information could at the very least help someone else avoid
a similar experience.
Regards,
John in Wilmington
There are numerous sights about this condition and I for one am now very well informed
To not share this would be wrong especially among the many friends that I have made on this forum.
My 16 month old grandson Brody has been in the hospital fighting a serious bacterial infection to his knee joint which required surgery and now a very long process of daily antibiotic IV treatments.
After being in the hospital for one week he has had numerous procedures including injected sedatives for surgery and tube implants.
The final step before being released from the hospital and to begin his 10 weeks of I V treatment was to have an MRI performed to determine the extent of damage to his knee and leg bone.
They brought Brody back after the MRI and he was his usually happy self despite what he has gone through. A few minutes later he turned blue, experienced constriction of all body muscles and his temperature rose to 106.7. If not for a particular doctor who had read about this reaction my 1st grandson would not be with us today instead of in Chapel Hill recovering from this reaction.
It is called Malignant Hypothermia and is triggered by a genetic/metabolic reaction to a Gas administered anesthetic. Every parent should read up on this condition before allowing loved ones to use gas administered anesthetics. I happens so quick once symptoms begin and may occur quickly or as long as several hours after a procedure. Without immediate and accurate medical attention severe muscle damage and/or death will occur. The amount of damage depends on how quickly the correct drug can be administered.
This information could at the very least help someone else avoid
a similar experience.
Regards,
John in Wilmington
There are numerous sights about this condition and I for one am now very well informed
