When we arrived it was very exciting for Liam. He loves it there. At least the part before we check in. He rode in the wagon and we checked in and headed for the Radiogolgy Department. We checked in there and waited a few minutes (at this point Liam had already been given 3 new books to keep by 3 different people, the volunteers are awesome!) A nurse took us back to another waiting room where she had Liam change into a gown and pants. We waited there until the nurse brought us to the prep room. I was a little nervous at this point. She asked all about his history and health and then told us the anesthesiologist would be in shortly. Once he came in, he played with Liam for a few minutes then asked us more questions and gave us a run down of what to expect.
He showed us the mask, let Liam play with it and pick a flavor of Chapstick that they put inside the mask so it smells good and told us after about a minute Liam would be asleep. He did warn us that sometimes when their bodies and relaxing they jerk and twitch but that it was normal, just hard to watch for some parents (me). they would escort Danny and I out after he was asleep. They would then monitor him closely to make sure he was still breathing on his own and insert an IV to administer the anesthesia. They would then do the MRI and come get us when he was in recovery.
He put the mask over Liam's mouth and let Liam hold it. Liam was upset at this point and they told me to sing to him, I did and the nurse joined in. He immediately calmed down and started to drift off. When they told us to give our sweet, sleeping kiddo a kiss and then leave him there, I broke down and had a very hard time. I kissed his sweet face, so did Danny and we walked out. The hardest thing I've ever had to do. This is truly trusting that Liam belongs to God. And knowing for certain, God is His maker, protector, his everything.
After getting lunch (Though neither of us were really hungry) we went back and say in the waiting room. After an hour the receptionist told us she would check in on things. She came back and said he was still in the MRI but the anesthesiologist would be out soon to talk to us. At 1 hour and 15 minutes he came out. He said Liam breathed on his own for the whole thing and everything went well on his end. (What does that mean? Well when it's your kid under anesthesia and you're freaked out, to a mom and dad that might mean something went wrong on the MRI end) we both read into it but waited.
The nurse came to bring us back to recovery. It was scary seeing Liam so out and asleep still. He wasn't waking up as quick as an average kid would do the nurse started talking to him and trying to get him to wake up. It seemed to agitate him a lot and the whole waking up process was very hard for him. It took about 45 minutes and he was very agitated the whole time. Once he was aware and calm they released us. He was still very groggy and out of it.
It took him a few more hours but he was back to normal! Around 4:15pm I called the office and asked if the results were in and the nurse said as soon as they were the doctor would call.
