its been a long and emotional day but ill do my best to recall what i can. Sorry if its a long post :) Was hard for him getting ready and going out this morning, the first thing he did was look for his drink and ask for breakfast but he wasn't aloud :( i didnt have to much of a problem just told him we had to go out and didn't have time. Put his favorite spider man top and jumper on to distract him. Toke us almost an hour and a half to get there, find a park and get inside, they toke him through almost straight away. Explained to me what would happen and the dangers of both procedures, his dad waited in the little area just outside the MRI room and i went it with him while they put him under. the made the gas smell like chocolate for him and it only toke minutes and he was out to it, no fuss, no hassle, the hospital was just great. We where told to go back to waiting room and wait for the doctor who was to do the spinal tap on him to come talk with us. Was about 20mins before he came in and explained the risks to me and what signs to look for when we got home, he made me feel better about everything. We where told we could go down to the food court and get something to eat but our friends turned up to get our little one (i told you about them last night) and he needed a bottle by the time he had that it had been a good 30-40mins already and since they said the test would take 30 and the spinal tap maybe 10 i didn't want to leave this waiting room even tho it was 12.30pm and i hadn't eaten since the night before, i couldnt stand the idea of him waking and me not being there. While waiting i began to feel sick, you know the worry sick feeling you get. I just wanted to see him and to know he was ok the Doctor come out not long after and let me know it was all done and he was fine, the nurse would be out to get me as soon as he started to wake. That feeling in my gut eased a little knowing he was safe but i still needed to see him. I cant remember how long it was i wasn't checking the time but didnt seem long when they come to get us, we went it and he was stirred and starting to cry, one of the nurses said he looks like he needs a hug, so i picked him up and i was pointed in the direction of a comfy chair. He was upset, crying and tossing himself around, was pulling at his head. This lasted about 5-10mins then he passed out in my arms.
After he woke up he was a lot better still very groggy and pale but he sat up and the nurse gave him an ice pole, he ate that very fast and some colour came back into his face. After about 20mins they toke his drip out of his hand and we where good to go, he went into his brothers pram as he was very shaky and we went down to the food court to get something to eat. He was shaking so we stopped half way to put a jumper on him. At this point he hadnt said more than one word to us and shrugged his shoulders a few times at questions. When we got to the food court he wasn't interested in food just wanted a drink, he drank a lot of water very fast, to fast. He went to eat a chip and vomited everywhere, he got upset about this and gave me the chip and said to me 'i cant eat it" he then spotted the play ground and just wanted to play. At this point he was back to his normal bubbly self :) We couldn't shut him up as per normal and i toke him down to the play ground and he was running around like crazy. Toke us almost 2 hours to get home, during the car trip he still looked very pale but i manged to get him to eat a pack of biscuits and he keept them down. Since we got home his just sat on the couch watching tv and played a little but he seems very sleepy still. When his sister got home from daycare he showed her the bruise and hole in/on his hand from the drip, told her ouch and a little story (that i couldn't quite make out). He told me his back was sore not long ago and he had some panadol but besides being a little sleeping and sore his fine.
Thank for reading this long post xoxo Melissa
