Yesterday's MRI

So...Baer had his MRI yesterday. Here's about how it went.

Spencer stayed up and fed Baer at 2:30 am (bless him). With his full tummy he slept up until it was about time to go. After a few set backs, like getting lost & going back or paperwork, we finally made it there at 9:15am.

Baer started getting pretty grumpy when the nurses were trying to find veins for the IVs and preparing him for the MRI. I started singing his favorite songs which usually calm him down rather immediately. After about 6 songs or so I stopped to just talk to him and they both told me "Don't Stop Singing!"

Here's a picture I took with my phone of his foot...he looks like he's wearing a cast. They had something taped to the bottom of his foot...to keep him from bending it I'm guessing?

I didn't look too long but I couldn't find a good picture of a baby in the MRI so here is one with some lady :)

They told me then to give him some kisses and they would take him in. I knitted while I was waiting in the waiting room for about 45 minutes or so when the told me I could go back. I could hear him crying all the way down the hall. He was having a hard time waking up but they told me I could hold him and he stopped crying. I fed him a little apple juice and he LOVED that but still didn't want to really wake up. They told me that he kept fighting the medicine that they gave him so they had to give him a lot to get him to go under. In fact the nurse said "several doses of each" (3 different kinds). I wasn't very fond of that idea but I guess what was done, was done!

I took him home and he slept all day. I guess he needed to sleep off the medicine.

Today he is back to normal! We got a call from the eye clinic telling us that his eye doctor had to have emergency surgery and we have to reschedule his next appointment. They wanted to reschedule for June! I told her that it was supposed to be a follow up for the MRI and she put one of the other doctors on the phone.

The MRI was read NORMAL, yay!!

Thank you all for all your prayers and fasting! I think it really helped. Baer was so strong and he did very well.