Well, we are in the thick of big appointments right now. I have weekly appointments with my doctor (I am over 37 weeks pregnant now) and all of this with Kayla to get through. On Friday, she had her MRI. I left Benson and Sadie with a great friend (it was my first time leaving Sadie at a friend's house!) and took Kayla to the hospital. Everything went very smooth. I made sure Kayla knew what we were doing and she was like, "Yeah, yeah, I know." I reminded her before going to bed the night before that she couldn't eat breakfast or drink anything when she woke up and she was like, "Yeah, yeah, I know." In fact, when she woke up that morning, she came straight into my room and said, "Mommy! Don't forget my MRI!" What a great girl. :)
We left at about 9AM and checked into the hospital at 9:45AM. We went right back into the MRI waiting room and went through the usual drill. The nurse came and got us and took us to another room. Kayla got into a hospital gown, I answered questions, we met with the anesthesiologist, and just spent time waiting. Her nurse at MSTI packed a little bag with everything the hospital would need to access Kayla's port so they wouldn't have to go on a wild goose chase hunting down the right needle. It worked well last time, so I am glad we brought our own stuff. One big change for Kayla once her port is removed will be her MRI's. She will have to use the gas mask to go to sleep and she hates that. I guess we have 3 more months to try to get her prepped for that. The MRI started 30 minutes later than scheduled so Kayla was ready to go. She walked back with the nurse and the nurse anesthetist to the MRI room and I waited for the transport person to lead me down to the surgery waiting room.
The MRI lasted an hour and a half. I told the nurse that I really needed to be in the recovery room before she woke up, otherwise life would be much more difficult. ;) So, I watched closely on the screen they have in the waiting room that shows when each patient moves in to recovery. Sure enough, right after Kayla got moved there, they came and got me and took me over to her.
The nurse in the recovery room was one we had had several times before and remembered us. She told me she got confused when she was told that Kayla's mom was about to have a baby. She thought she must have us confused with someone else because she knew that I had just had a baby not long ago. Nope! Ha ha. I know it's crazy . . . and I just might be going crazy soon, but that 's us. :)
Kayla woke up fine and was good to go after a purple Popsicle. We went straight over to the clinic afterwards so they could do a blood draw while she was still accessed. They wanted to get one last blood sample to get her counts before her port was removed. After that, they'll have to do it in her elbows like normal. We will still be able to use the sleepy cream, though. So, we got Kayla's blood drawn, said hello to everyone and were on our way home. One more thing down. :)
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