Tuesday, December 30, 2008

We are done with the MRI

OK...1st off we ended up not spending the night...Sunday afternoon we received a call from Riley asking if they could move us back to a noon arrival time/1:30 start time...that worked out better...so we took it!  Mema and I left at 9:15 and by the time we checked in it was 11:45...Can you believe it????? Mema and I were actually early for something!  We are so good!  OK back to Nicolas...since we were EARLY...Nicolas' MRI started early.  We couldn't stay in the room with him. We handed him off to the nurse and Anesthesiologist and said our goodbyes at the door.  Then it was off to the waiting room for us...they said it was scheduled to take an hour and a half...it took two!  The first anesthetic they used gave Nicolas the hiccups...so obviously he couldn't hold still...So they had to put the breathing tube down his throat...which meant after he woke up we had to wait a hour and a half more to make sure there was no swelling in the throat...but other than that everything went smoothly...they drew the blood while he was sedated and they tried to get a urine sample too...but the little stinker wouldn't pee!  So they left the bag taped on him and he traveled home like that....but sure enough by the time we got home he peed!  Because it is for genetic testing I had to put it in my freezer.  Do not eat the frozen pee-sicle Garrett!  HA  We got home shortly after 8pm.  While dealing with the bag of pee...we noticed Nicolas seemed warm and sure enough he had a temp of 104.  So we called Riley (like they told us too) and they were no help...They will be receiving a few comments in the comment box from me today!  But while I was dealing with that Jake did what all good dads do...he gave Nicolas a cold bath and started to feed him...then I added some Motrin and he has been fine ever since.  I will be calling Dr. O'Brien (pediatrician) today.  He may have a cold...he does seem congested this morning.  That is all the news I have!  I was super glad my mom went with me.  It was nice to spend time with her and have someone to talk too...Thanks mom!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Happy New year to all of you. Your family pictures are great. Thanks so much for keeping us updated as your always in our thoughts. Love from the Biebers Joe and Nancy

Aunt Karen Strom said...

You all are real troopers. I know God is giving you extra strength and grace to go through all this.

We keep praying.

Aunt Karen

Anonymous said...

Happy New Year Stein family. Hope everyone is doing well. What a beautiful family you have!! Glad to hear that things are going fairly well with Nicholas. He sure is growing!! Hope to hear from you guys soon. We are keeping you in our thoughts and prayers. Love, Pat,Christy, Kaylea and Hunter

Anonymous said...

Still thinking of you guys often. I sure hope 2009 brings you some answers!!! It as to be so frustrating to say the least. May God grant you the strength in the year ahead.
LOVE,
Angie