Do there happen to be any radiologists/radiographers lurking on mumsnet who can answer a query for me?

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I am a name changer so I don't out myself. I've rung the hospital where my daughter is due to have some tests and they weren't helpful and I have a question I'd love to be answers - any radiologists or radiographers on MN that might be able to help?

I trained as a radiographer for a while. I think there's a few qualified radiographers on here as well.

Fire away!

Thank you. My main question was answered this pm by our consultant. It was whether my daughter can have her mmr this week, two weeks before a mag3.

But if you have any experience of mag3 scans please help. My dd had one at 8 weeks which was fine and she just drank a bottle and slept. The one at six months was okay as she was mainly captivated by the tv screen above the bed. The one at nine months was horrendous and she screamed and screamed. Now she is 14 months and due another.

I will obviously take toys and a DVD with us but I know she will not be happy even with this. Last time was one of the worst twenty mins I've experienced because she was so upset. I asked if she could be sedated this time but apparently not as to be sedated you need to not eat or drink for several hours beforehand and to do the scan you need to be well hydrated.

Is there no form of sedation they can give her?

Any tips?

It's taking place at great ormond street

Ask them about sedation. They usually give little children something here (quite often it's called midazolam) as it's too upsetting for them otherwise, toddlers don't like to lie still. It's best if you're calm, they can pick up their parent/carers anxiety and it does make them more distressed. Hope this helps

Sorry, the combination of sedation, kids and Nuclear Med are beyond my area of expertise! Hope sybil's was of use.

Not a radiographer but used to work health care - midazolam is fantastic because one side effect is memory loss - not complete loss just for about an hour - so you don't actually rememmber the procedure.

Couldn't they hydrate her with a glucose drip

thanks sashh - it's a test of kidney function so they need to see the kidney and bladders operating so she needs to have fluid going through her system normally hence a glucose drip wouldn't help.