It is so frustrating watching your child go through painful procedures several times a year.  Allison is scheduled for another brain angio before her 5th brain surgery at Stanford.  The brain angion inserts a tube from a main artery in her thigh and threads it up into her brain.  It shoots dye into the brain to see what areas are not getting enough blood.  It is frustrating because she just had this done in May.  She has to stay still for 6 hours after the procedure and it is very difficult.  She also must be sedated.  Sometimes I don't know if I can take very much more of this.