My daughter has an app for an EEG @ our local hospital?

she is 3 years old and doesnt cope too well with change eg when we have an app at the dentist a few weeks before i have to get dentist kit out and play pretend but i have no clue as to how i am going to act out an EEG so that she doesnt freak out on the actual day. any help is much appreciated

My daughter has an app for an EEG @ our local hospital?
Adelaide above had a good answer but if you don't have that kind of time, why not take her into the hospital a few days early (you could call ahead and see if you can get permission) and go directly to the waiting area where they will call you during your EEG appointment.... see if you can get them to take her INTO that "dimly lit room" and get her familiar with the machines and have them stick a few wires to her head in a non rushed kind of friendly way as not to scare her and then when she comes back for the "real thing" she will already have the procedure imbedded in her brain and not fear it....this will also help YOU to see where her fears might take her during the REAL procedure. Usually, the technicans are really supper friendly to the little ones they have to examine and they will try their very best to ease whatever tensions and fears your little girl might have during the appointment. I'm not so sure they WOULD let her come in and see the room and machines, but they MIGHT if you explain how fearful she is in strange places.... wouldn't hurt to TRY anyway.
Reply:I work at a hospital and we do see this a bit.


Take her for a walk and go past the hospital.


Then another day take her for a walk around the hospital.


Call your doc and get a nurse to meet her, they can try for the same one shes going to see that day. She can try and sit in in their play session, or just let her sit in the play area of a waiting room.


Then on another day get the same nurse to talk her through, or show her whats going to happen.


That way if she does freak out, when its a mock, she will see nothing is scary so she can calm down and you dont have to do it that day, so that the day you do come back she wont be freaked out as she will already have seen its not scary.


Good luck and i hope EVERYTHING works out well.


Good on ya mum!
Reply:i just had to take my 7 month old in for one.


it's pretty non-invasive.


basically, you go into a dimly lit room and there's a hospital bed and my baby and i laid in the bed and they used a red pen to mark his head and then some gel to stick a bunch of plugs onto his head and then they wrapped it up like a big bandage over his head and i put him to sleep with a bottle (yeah, we had to stay up ALL night to prepare) and we both conked out for about 1 hr. then it was over and no problem.


they removed the wrap and electrodes and we left.





i would prepare her by laying her in bed, get a red marker and mark her head in different spots. then get some gel and a bunch of peices of string and "Stick" the ends of strings onto her head and then wrap her head up with some gauze. then tell her that you will lay with her and take a nap!





that's what i would do!!


take care adn don't worry too much..it's a lot less scary than the dentist!
Reply:I do a modified EEG on pt's at work. I tell the women that it is going to feel like I'm doing you're hair but I'm really messing it up. First I measure and mark points on the scalp with a grease pencil. Next I paste on lots of wires. No pain is involved. I like to tell kids that nobody will believe that they had soo many wires on and I'll take a picture so they can show everyone when they get home. When they start getting antsy during the wiring I look at them and say "oh, that will look so great for the picture". Try not to be nervous- she'll pick up on it. Hope this helps.