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General anaesthetic

My 10 year old autistic son has to have a general anaesthetic to remove 4 baby teeth which won't come out - he has a second row of bottom teeth like a shark! Am worried about the anaesthetic as he had one when he was two years old and when he came round he was thrashing and kicking and clearly disorientated. Also don't know how he'll stay still for the injection - had to sit on him for the dentist to even glimpse inside his mouth. We do use social stories with him which really help but has anyone else had to go through this and can offer any tips? Really appreciate advice! Thanks
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Good Luck
It was a long and stressful day but a lovely TA from school stayed with us and without her support I'm not sure my daughter would have even gone into the hospital. Anyway she's fine now and has gone off to school a very happy girl. Good Luck socksoff. The anesthetist gave her a sedative (liquid medicine) about half and hour before we went down which really helped reduce her anxiety. So maybe you could ask for that for your son.