MRI-check

Cade had his MRI today at Children's Mercy South.  We started out good.  He slept till 7:15 and didn't ask for food until about 7:45.  We planned to leave around 8 so didn't have to withhold food and drinks too long.  Made really good time and arrived early to the hospital.  They got us in a little after 9.  The nurse told us they would start his IV after anesthesia cleared him.  We think they started the IV around 10:20 but was busy holding him so the nurse could get that in and didn't keep track of the time.  Putting the IV in was hard to watch.  He was very upset.  He calmed once they got some meds in there and then they wheeled him off.  It was hard to leave him especially since he started screaming and crying.  We waited in the waiting room for about 2hrs before they finally came to get us.  Cade apparently started to wake up before the MRI was finished so they had to give more meds.  He was awake but pretty out of it when we went back to see him.  The nurse had already given him goldfish crackers and apple juice and he was inhaling it.  I did not have a good feeling about how fast he was drinking and eating when he was still so woozy.  He couldn't sit up independently at that point but she told us we could go.  Sure enough he puked at the exit so we went back to the room.  She helped us clean him up and watched him for a few minutes and then sent us on our way. He was pretty irritable the whole way home.  At home, he wanted to walk but was too unsteady.  He fought us on changing clothes, where to lay, etc.  He then started throwing up again.  Once we got him calmed down and cleaned up he was pretty tired out so we made a bed on the living room floor where I could keep an eye on him.  I was worried that he would fall out of bed or off the couch and he seemed to prefer the floor.  He passed out from 2-5pm.  When he woke up he was almost back to normal.  He smiled and said "I sleep good!".  He still wasn't very steady on his feet so we had to stay close.  He ended up eating a snack and a great dinner and made it out for ice cream.  Eric and I agreed that it was like taking care of a drunk for a few hours there.  So glad when he was back to his usual self.  Hoping to hear results by Monday.  Cast is scheduled for Tuesday so keep the prayers coming!