MRI update

Today was MRI day. We got up early and headed out of the house at 7:30am to get to the hospital on time.

We were admitted and escorted up to the Pediatric ICU. Kiya was at this point a little quiet and still a little tired since we had to wake her up. After about 30 minutes of waiting, Kiya was Kiya. She was playing peek a boo with her blanket and being silly. Then they put the pulse ox monitor on her big toe....yeah she wasn't a fan and kept trying to pull it off. She got over it and went back to being silly.

We had a great nurse and a great doctor. Kiya wasn't afraid of either of them. She was so brave. She was a real charmer. She had the whole PICU coming in to see her and say hi and catch a glimpse of that smile.

The worst part hands down was the IV. We left the room but they wrapped her up like a burrito and put the IV in her foot. She hated being held down and boy did she let everyone know it. She was a trooper and recovered fairly quickly. We came back in the room to cheer her up.

So now we had to wait for the actual MRI. We were told there was a delay as they were waiting on another patient. They gave us a wagon so we could pull Kiya around the hallways as she couldn't stand up and walk with the IV in her foot. We stopped in the playroom but didn't last long as she wanted to stand up. We took more laps around the Peds wing than I can remember waiting for the go ahead.

We got the go ahead a little after 10am. The nurse took Kiya and laid her down on the gurney and Kiya got upset so the nurse carried her and the doctor pushed the gurney. They were so good with her. She calmed down right away and they even let her keep her blanket and bunny with her all the way up until it was time for the scan and even then the nurse set her bunny at the end of the bed so it was watching her. Too sweet.

We were initially told that it was going to be like 2 hours so Dave and I headed to the cafeteria to get some food and some coffee. After a little over an hour, while finishing up our snack, the PICU doctor found us and told us that they were all done. We quick hurried out of there and back up stairs so we could be with her when she woke up.

She was still pretty out of it when we got up there but within 2o minutes or so she was sitting on my lap. Then a few minutes later she was back in the wagon ready for some juice and crackers. Boy did she like that apple juice....a little too much after the diaper I had to change a couple hours later :( The whole time she was eating her snack she was again charming the whole staff. Her nurse was just so impressed with Kiya and how smart and silly and brave she was. She even commented that we should keep raising kids cause we are obviously doing it well :)

Overall, Kiya did great and we are so proud of her. We are still waiting for results but the nurse told us that the radiologist who did the scan saw just a curvy spine and nothing else. Now this isn't official but it is preliminary good news. The nurse also told me I should call and check about results on Friday if I haven't heard anything. I sure hope we get some good news before going away this weekend but I was originally told a week so we shall see.

Thanks to all our online friends out there for the prayers, good vibes and private messages. It helped keep me sane for sure. You all are amazing and I am so looking forward to meeting some of you this weekend.