MRI

Trev had his cardiac MRI today. He needed to be under general anesthesia because the test is 90 minutes long and he has to be completely still. They did the dye contrast to check the function of his heart. Depending on the outcome of this test he may have open heart surgery this year.

We got an early start and left at 9:30am. Good thing we left so early... There was no parking!! We finally found a spot to park and it was a compact spot of course... I had the truck which is not so compact :) After about 15 minutes I finally got the truck to fit in that small space! We got checked in and had about 15 minutes before our appt. About 12:30 Trev was finally prepped and ready to go to sleep in a big machine! He was pretty excited about the whole thing... He has been telling his friends for days all about it :)

I got to go back and watch as he fell asleep to root beer flavored gas. I have never watched him fall asleep before as cardiac kids can not have their parents in the OR with them. It was hard to watch him.

After 90 minutes he was wheeled back to the room and was sleeping soundly. It took him about 30 minutes to stir. Another 30-40 minutes to wake up. He was really funny waking up :) He tried eating his popsicle and kept missing... He was a happy camper though as he got popsicles, juice and pop in recovery.

After he got his wheelchair we went to the playroom and he played XBox for about 20 minutes then we headed to the cafeteria and he got something to eat. We had another fun day at Childrens. It was about 5:30 when we got home. Next time he misses school though hopefully it will be something a little more enjoyable :)

Again he was a ROCK STAR!!