I got her up at 1:30 this morning and gave her her last feeding. She was so happy to see me when I woke her up that I had to remind her that this was a "special occasion", and not to get used to it.....we sleep at 1:30am. She took a while to fall back asleep, but she did around 3.
We headed to the hospital and arrived around 8:30. My Dad met us at the hospital and took Macie back to their house. Thanks Mom and Dad.
We went in and got Emma registered. She was so good the whole time, even with being hungry. We got settled in her room, and they came and informed us that they would have to hold off on her MRI until 10:00 because there was an emergency. She was starting to get a bit fussy from hunger, but we just kept her as occupied as we could. Around 9:30 the Pediatric Imaging Nurse tried to start an IV, and after what seemed like two hours, and two failed attempts, she could not start the IV. It was hard to watch her cry so hard, and look at us like she wanted us to scoop her up and take her away. This nurse called the Pediatric floor, and the NICU and got a nurse from each department to come and try to get an IV in her. They decided to try her hand this time. After two attempts and a lot of moving the needle around to find the vein they did get it. I was just starting to lose it. I had the lump in my throat, tears filling my eyes, and the nurse said "got it". Great timing!!! Shortly after, the nurse started giving her the sedation, and she slowly calmed down and then fell asleep. For some reason watching her go to sleep was extremely hard. I can't explain why, it just was. We showered her with kisses and they took her away to do the test. It took about an hour and a half total. Emma unfortunately woke up towards the end of the test so they had to give her more sedation.
This is what a double dose of sedation looks like!When she was done, she started waking up and they brought her back in to us. I got to hold her right away and give her a much needed bottle. She finished the bottle, they checked her vitals, and we were able to head home.
I fed her another bottle and she is now sleeping off her hangover!
We should get the results tomorrow!
This was right when we got there....she had NO idea what she was in for....poor baby.
Sleepy baby cuddles and a much needed bottle.
Daddy snuggling Emma after the first two attempts at the IV.
Right before we dressed her and headed home. Nothing better than some awesome drugs, some food in her tummy and DADDY!!!!
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