Please send good thoughts our way this morning and/or say a little prayer for Elliana. She’s got an MRI this morning to hopefully determine just how bad her sacral dimple is. I’m hoping it’s not one that’s going to require surgery, but we just won’t know until the MRI is done.
What I really don’t like about the MRI is the possibility that they may have to sedate her to keep her still enough for the imaging. Her appointment is at 1pm, and I’m not allowed to feed her after 9am just incase they do need to sedate her. I don’t know how not feeding a hungry preemie baby who’s been on a feeding frenzy the last couple of days is going to work, but I guess we’ll get through it somehow.
If we’re lucky they won’t have to sedate her at all. As soon as we get there the doctor said they’ll try to stick her in the machine feet first while I offer her a bottle. If she’ll lie still enough she can eat while they do the MRI. If not they’ll sedate her then keep her in recovery for an hour afterwards, so she won’t get to finish eating until late in the afternoon. I just don’t like the thought of sedating a baby that’s less than 5lbs, but I know it may be something that has to be done.
I’ll update on how it went if I get a chance when we get home, but these days I don’t know when I’m going to have a chance to do anything anymore. We’ll see what kind of mood Elliana is in after her big day. I have a feeling she’ll be extremely fussy this evening.
Tags: newborn MRI, sacral dimple
November 9th, 2009 at 11:06 am
I’m thinking good thoughts for all of you!!!