Anaesthesia for my 4 year-old son?

Ok I need help. A few weeks back we took Luke, my son, to the dentist. Apparently he suffers from the Hartman “weak-teeth” curse and now he needs some work done to some of his molar teeth.

The problem is this work can’t be done in the chair and the dentist has advised that we do this under general anaesthetic. We could barely get him to sit in the chair for the preliminary consultation to the Dentist so in my mind this does seem like the only way to resolve this issue.

That said I am crapping myself. This is the first time that I as a parent am faced with a really difficult decision and I’m lost for the right answer. On the one hand I know if we don’t resolve this now he’ll end up with teeth problems for the rest of his life but on the other hand I’m so worried that something goes wrong and I jeopardize his life as a direct result of this anaesthetic.

Luke is scheduled for this operation on Wednesday morning and I’m really getting the pre-op jitters.

Does anyone have any advice for me?