Well we managed to survive the MRI!
It was a VERY long day as Lachie had to fast from 7am, and the scan wasn't until 1:30pm. The plan was to get as much milk into him as possible before 7am so that he'd be full, but he refused his morning bottle - typical, huh? After 7am we could only give him water so we kept on trying to get water into him and he took a bit of it.
He was actually REALLY good considering he was hungry - I think the hospital and new surroundings distracted him somewhat. He started getting a bit grumpy about an hour before the scan but we just kept on trying to distract him and walk around and stuff.
Due to a rare disorder that Matt has, Lachie couldn't have the gas to knock him out before they insert the IV anaesthetic, so we had to give him a pre-med sedative instead. It kicked in very quickly and he was really spaced out and dopey - slurring (even though he doesn't say words!) and flopping his head around and laughing at nothing - Mum and I were cracking up at him!
When they took him in to be anaesthetised I went with him, to help distract him and calm him - it was really unnerving seeing him kind of "lifeless" when the anaesthetic took effect. I leant in to give him a kiss and say I'd see him soon, and he was just lying there :( I think that was the worst bit of it all - I knew he'd be fine and wasn't worried about the medical effects etc, it just made me feel really lost to leave him behind like that.
He was in the MRI for about an hour and then in recovery for a bit til he woke up. He was groggy and dopey again - but it only took a minute or two after I picked him up to realise "HEY, I'M HUNGRY!!!" and he spat it. A nice big bottle of milk and some Mama cuddles fixed it all up.
We have our paediatrician appointment this coming Monday, so we'll see what the results said and what the verdict is - whether we have to do anything, or just wait and see, or what.
Hmmmm....
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