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Old 09-18-2008, 02:59 PM   #4
Clodfobble
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If my kid needed a procedure done, they would have to velcro him down, including one tightly across his forehead. It's hard enough to hold him when the doctor just wants to look at him.

Velcro is also common in the hospital during any operation when you will be even partly awake. During my first c-section, the anesthesiologist called them "reminder straps," to remind me not to try to get up. I laughed at him. But think about it, if you're somewhat high on nitrous or anything else, and you have a panic attack (a reasonable side effect,) you might decide you just have to get up and walk away right then in the middle of a procedure, and you could cause serious damage to yourself.
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