4th one a breeze!
I am so pleased to report that this spinal went down with no problems! The same little nurse, Nini, started his IV in the room with both of us here. I don’t even think Brayden felt it! She is AWESOME!! As a matter of fact he had a smile on his face the whole time. Maybe the awful sound of me singing “Honkey Tonk Ba Donka Donk” outweighed the pain of the IV! Brylie, however, did not like Brayden getting an IV one bit. She was scared and started crying a little bit when the nurse started working on him. Kind of sad, really. We then carried him to the OR, where we were met by that wonderful man that I so dearly love…ARGH!!! The very kind anesthesiologist came right in and gave him the meds to make him tired, and away he went. I didn’t even cry this time! I think Jason was proud of me, and the OR man was a little bored with us this time!! We did start to get a bit nervous bc it usually takes about 30 minutes from starting IV to bringing him back to us, and 40 minutes had passed and still no Braydo. We didn’t have a translator with us, so I knew it would do me no good to go in and ask OR man if he was okay! Finally about 5 or 10 minutes later, they brought him out. Dr. Ma said that he had a hard time finding an injection site. I’m not really sure what that meant, but I’m worried that they had to do a lot of poking around. Not sure what the risks are involved with that. I would like to know how the docs would know if he has any leakage of spinal fluid or any other problems since he can’t tell us if anything hurts. I’m not sure I even want to battle with trying to ask that question. Why in the heck they didn’t offer Chinese in high school, I will never know!!! We are now about 3 1/2 hours into our 6 hours of laying flat. He did a really good job waking up this time, so it has been quite a battle trying to keep his head down. I think we are going to talk to the dr. about some sleeping meds just to decrease the risk of headache in the morning.
Thank you all for your prayers! They are working wonders for us! We are more than half-way now, so it won’t be long! Everyone says the last two weeks go pretty fast, and I hope they are right!!
Could you all say a little prayer for Brylie- she is sooo bored! She has been such a great sister, and has done really well for not having any toys here to keep her busy. Bless her heart, she probably thinks she is stuck here forever!
Love and miss you all! Jason, Lorie, Brayden, and Brylie
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