MRI

My sweet baby was a champ for her MRI! On September 9th we made our way to Children's Hospital early in the morning, our first stop; radiology. There they placed some numbing cream on both her arms and feet so they would be numb for the needle stick. Upon returning from registration the sweet nurse in charge of Emerson asked me a few questions and realized I was "medical." She said, "you know since you're medical we won't get the stick." Sure enough after missing the first 2 times, I requested they use a scalp vein instead of continuing to "search" as they are usually a little bigger. The 3rd stick was successful and my little sunshine was ready for sedation.

They used propofol which burns when it's injected. She had screamed so much from the sticking that she was sweaty and already exhausted. As soon as they started injecting the medication, she started screaming, about 10 seconds into that she made a sigh of relief and off to sleep she went. The MRI lasted about 1 hr and she woke up an unhappy camper. The nurse said, "they usually wake up happy," go figure :) About 1hr later, she was back to her happy, content little self. I was so thankful to have this test complete.

I took a copy of the MRI home with me and Jesse had a radiologist here in Chattanooga do a favor for us, a "preliminary" read on the scan. He said no doubt she has her auditory nerves!!!!! Praise the Lord!!! Dr. Little called yesterday to confirm that her scan looked great, no atrophy of the nerves and they are all present!!! One more test off the checklist, one to go..... Sept. 28th, little bit will have her complete auditory testing under sedation, and later that afternoon we will have our followup appt. with Dr. Little. Please continue to pray for her health, appropriate development, and good test results.

FYI: She is continuing to develop right on time! She has had her 1st laugh, rolled over, and is passing toys from one hand to the other!!! and....... She continues to "TALK" to us all day!

Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever

1 Chronicles 16:34