Eldon's MRI

Eldon went in and had his MRI on Monday. He had to be put under anesthesia because you can't move during the MRI. So ped sedation put him under around 8:30am, he was so good when they gave him the IV, he didn't even really cry, he actually just growled at the nurses when they were doing it, it was so cute! Eldon thought everything was a toy, he tried pulling out his IV and then tugged on the pressure cuff, and then he kept pulling on his big toe which had a monitor on it also. Here is a picture of him before they injected him with medicine!

After a long long long hour he was finally done, they had to wake him up before he could leave. he also had to take down at least 2 oz of Glucose water(which he doesn't really like). He was very groggy and mad that we had woken him up from the best nap ever. Here he is rubbing his eyes right after we woke him up.

Eldon finally came to, but was still not wanting to stay awake for anything... not even food, which is weird because food is a passion of his :) He kept giving us these tired eyes, which just made me melt. The ped sedation team said he would most likely be sleepy all day, and if we didn't want him awake all night we would have to be constantly waking him. Eldon slept the whole way home, and then an hour and a half at home, and didn't fall back asleep till 6pm, which I thought he would be out for the night but he woke up at 8pm, which is no good, because 8 is when he is down for the night. but I finally got him back to bed around 10:30pm with the help of Mark. What a long DAY!!! No fun to see your baby hooked to IVs and what not, I am so thankful it wasn't for anything really serious.


THE RESULTS: Eldon has had a bump on his head since birth, and that is what they were doing the MRI for, to see if it was connected or communicating through the skull. GOOD NEWS: they aren't quite sure what it is, but they know what it is not. It is not a tumor-great!, and it is not liquid from his skull which could mean his skull wasn't fused right, and liquid that surrounds the brain is leaking up through the skull.-AWESOME. Alright so what is it? it would either be a limp node, a hematoma-"bruise" that happened during labor, and has now calcified, but either way it is purely cosmetic, meaning it has no communication and it is not going to harm Eldon if it is there. so I guess it is just a special little bump that he has that no one else does. it makes him unique! thank you for all your prayers and your concerns!