Dougie's MRI

Dougie went in for his MRI today. Because you have to remain completely still for an MRI, they sedate children Dougie's age. We arrive at the pediatric imaging center right at noon. They checked Dougie in quickly and we were called back. Dougie played in the back for a few minutes while they finished up with the previous patient and then they called us into the MRI room. We lay Dougie on the table and the anesthesiologist put a mask on him. He started to cry almost immediately. I think he just knew something was up and apparently, it smelled a bit. In about 30 seconds, Dougie was asleep. I left the room.

While they had Dougie under, they took more blood. Judging by the vials I saw them leave with, it's for the best that he slept through that. Then they started the MRI. The entire process took about 45 minutes.

They say it's common that children wake from anesthesia "irritable". Dougie was no exception to this rule. He cried loudly as soon as they woke him up. The doctor handed him to me and he continued to scream. They put us in a recovery room on the other side of the imaging center and apparently, people could still hear him screaming. It went on for 10-15 minutes solid and then in little bursts after that for the next hour or so. Once he got over that, he was fine. He did refuse to nap for the rest of the day but that was also to be expected. He's completely back to his normal self now.

Unfortunately, no news beyond that. I called the neurologists office twice today but no one called us back. I'm going to call tomorrow and be a bit more insistent that someone return our call. Hopefully by that time, they can also give us the MRI results. We'd really like to know if we need to go back in for another EEG though because Scott will need to make arrangements to get home and I'll need to make arrangements for the dogs.