Waching daily Apr 3 2017

>> THE PAIN I INITIALLY HAD IS

GONE.

MEGAN LEE RICHMOND SAYS SHE'LL

: BE WALKING WITH A CANE FOR A

WHILE.

SHE HAD SPINAL SURGERY IN

DECEMBER.

GOING IN TO THAT PROCEDURE, SHE

WAS CERTAIN ABOUT ONE THING

.

>> I WANTED LOCAL ANESTHESIA.

MEGAN SHE DIDN'T WANT GENERAL

: ANESTHESIA, WHEN A PATIENT IS

UNCONSCIOUS.

SHE BELIEVES HAVING ANOTHER

OPTION MADE HER RECOVERY EASIER.

>> THE REASON I HAD IT WAS NOT

BECAUSE I WAS AFRAID OF THE

SURGERY, BUT BECAUSE I REALLY

WANTED TO BE AS AWARE OF THA

-- AS I COULD BE AFTERWARD.

MEGAN MERCY MEDICAL CENTER'S

: DR. DAVID MAINE SAYS HE

UNDERSTANDS WHY A PATIENT MAY BE

APPREHENSIVE, HE SAYS SIDE

EFFECTS ARE GENERALLY MINO

>> IT TRULY IS VERY SAFE.

>> IT DEPENDS ON THE PATIENT,

THE SURGERY, AND OTHER MEDICAL

COMORBIDITIES BECAUSE ULTIMATELY

YOU WANT TO CHOOSE THE SAFEST

ANESTHETIC PLAN FOR EACH PATIENT

AND IT'S TRULY AN INDIVIDUA

DECISION BASED ON THE