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Emma's MRI, the day, the results!!!
- Jun 12, 2007 at 9:35 PM
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Friday was Emma's MRI. She was so scared. Everyone was really nice to her but she was still terrified. They had to give her some medicine to calm her down. They gave her a toy and a pair of socks to make her feel more comfortable. Finally they came to run her I.V. and I tried to hide her face. One nurse held her arm still while the other put the needle in the "perfect" vein. It swelled immediately and they had to take it out and put it in the other hand. Boo was crying so bad and I was trying hard not to. Oddly the medicine they give her to calm her also makes her more irritable and grouchy when it starts to wear off...which takes about 24 hours to be completely gone. YAY! They explained to me that the medicine to put her to sleep would take effect in a minute or less. They did not tell me 10 seconds or less. She was looking up at me crying and I saw her facial muscles start to relax. Then her eyes rolled back in her head and I almost threw up on her. Then she went limp and her mouth was gaping open and I lost my mind. I started crying faster and easier than I ever thought possible. I was shaking so bad they asked if I was okay. They pointed out that "the machine says she is okay". That didn't help. They led me from the room by my arm, gave me a pager and said we will page you when we are done. I had to get some food because my nerves had helped my sugar to drop to unhealthy levels. After that I sat with my neighbor and my other two kids for a while. When the pager went off I couldn't get back to the recovery room fast enough. She was like a stoned 2 year old. She kept trying to get her cup and her cookies in her mouth. It is kind of funny now. We had to help her for the first few sips and cookies. I had to carry her to the van because she couldn't walk. When we were almost home I stopped and picked up a kids meal with a strawberry milkshake for her and we brought her home to eat. I was going to carry her into the house and she insisted she could walk. I let her try. She fell into the side of the van three times and so I helped her walk in. After she ate she was better but still not allowed to do anything that required balance. Oddly balance is why she had the tests in the first place. I can still hear her saying "Mommy, I scared".
We got the results today. Everything is normal. I asked Dr. Fry if he was sure. He is. He says maybe it is just that her coordination skills are behind. Well, Duh! There is nothing more we can do except to make sure she does as many things as possible that require both hands and both feet. But Dr. Fry says make sure she is EXTREMELY closely supervised and I mean like you are standing right there. Again, DUH! She has issues walking why on earth would I let her climb rock walls and ladders at the playground, which was a suggestion, without me right there.
I was so excited to hear that she had nothing wrong. Now I know my little girl redefines clumsy. I just wish there were an explanation for the number of times she falls, people look at her like she is abused.
Thank you all for your prayers and continued support through this trial. Now I just have to watch and make sure she doesn't fall too far and know that some how she will always fall on something.
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