MRI

Back to Vandy today for Will's MRI. They are scanning his spine, abdomen, pelvis, and right calf/leg.

Will got a little upset in pre-op when we first got there, but the sweet nurse gave him some toys and then he was his fun happy self. We were in pre-op for an hour at least and Will acted like he owned the place. He was introduced to bubbles which I think he would have played with for hours! He played ball with his new nurse friend and chased around a Hot Wheels car.

Will walked around to the other side of the curtain to see the other child in there. He just had to say "HI!"

First time to play with bubbles. He LOVED them! We will be investing in bubbles soon.

I just had to get a pic of his back side. He was just so cute! The nurse gave him some socks and he kept bending down to check them out. 

We met with the anesthesiologist and MRI tech. The plan was to have them take him from us, go to MRI room, get gas mask for quick sleep, put in IV for contrast dye and anesthesia, and then get started. Because of all of the areas that they are getting pictures of, it was going to take 4 hours and we could see him probably an hour after that. 4 hours?!?! That is longer than his surgeries! They took Will around 11:20 and JT and I left the pre-op room. We went to eat lunch and then walked around for a while. We spent the rest of the time waiting.

They called me about 3:30 and said he had just gotten done and was already waking up. We couldn't wait to see him! We could hear his raspy cry when we got to the post-op area - so pitiful! He had drank a little water, but mostly just wanted his "no-no" taken off. I can only imagine how mad he was to wake up to that! We stayed there about 20-30 minutes and then were able to go home. Before we even left the parking lot, Will threw up. I jumped in the back seat with him and we kept driving. He got sick a few more times, but it was just the water he had been drinking and nausea from anesthesia. We really didn't want to call the hospital because we knew they would tell us to come back. We got home and gave him some milk. All of that came back up too. Will seemed to feel fine though. We gave him a piece of toast and no more liquids. He has been fine ever since! We played like usual. Will didn't have his balance back yet, so he was walking around like a drunk, which was pretty funny. He ate a good dinner and is now sleeping.

The report will be ready in 24-48 hours. So we are hoping to hear something tomorrow, but it is very possible it will be Monday.