Brynn and I headed to Primary Children's Hospital on Friday. The initial idea of the CT scan didn't scare or bother her. She'd done it before when we were in a head on collision a few years ago. No worries there. We looked at all the murals painted on the ceiling tiles and she held perfectly still. The hard part came when it was time to insert the IV so they could put the dye in and get the contrast pictures. Brynn is brave. She cried when they poked the needle in, and cried as the vein disappeared on them and they couldn't find it. But she didn't move a muscle. She held herself still for them, even through her tears. They were so good though, and talked with her, and were so compassionate. They're obviously in the right place, being so good with kids during all of this. They gave her the option of trying again on the same arm or the different arm, she chose different arm, and this time they got it no problem. They got their blood for the labs and inserted their stuff and took more pictures. Then out came the IV. I was told that everything looks fine, which is a relief but still leaves me with the question of "what now?" Migraine medicine doesn't work. It's not her eyes. Her brain is fine. What now?
Brynn wanted to take a picture of her brain for show and tell, but since we obviously couldn't do that, we took these pictures instead for her.
Brynn and I headed to Primary Children's Hospital on Friday. The initial idea of the CT scan didn't scare or bother her. She'd done it before when we were in a head on collision a few years ago. No worries there. We looked at all the murals painted on the ceiling tiles and she held perfectly still. The hard part came when it was time to insert the IV so they could put the dye in and get the contrast pictures. Brynn is brave. She cried when they poked the needle in, and cried as the vein disappeared on them and they couldn't find it. But she didn't move a muscle. She held herself still for them, even through her tears. They were so good though, and talked with her, and were so compassionate. They're obviously in the right place, being so good with kids during all of this. They gave her the option of trying again on the same arm or the different arm, she chose different arm, and this time they got it no problem. They got their blood for the labs and inserted their stuff and took more pictures. Then out came the IV. I was told that everything looks fine, which is a relief but still leaves me with the question of "what now?" Migraine medicine doesn't work. It's not her eyes. Her brain is fine. What now?
Brynn wanted to take a picture of her brain for show and tell, but since we obviously couldn't do that, we took these pictures instead for her.
2 comments:
That's awesome! Well, I'm glad you guys are at least checking things off your list. Do you ever watch those diagnosis unknown shows on Discovery Health?
What a brave girl! I really hope you are able to find out what is causing her so much pain. It is so hard to have to see our kids suffer. Keep your chin up Steph!
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