Zachary MRI

One of the worst moments as a parent - watching your child go under anesthesia and lay down on a table almost lifeless...just awful.

The last step in our journey to determine what is going on with Zachey's eye happened on Thursday. We went in for a full MRI and CT. To do this 2.5 hour procedure Zachey had to go under anesthesia. I am not sure what was worse, watching them put an IV in his arm, or going under.

He had to stop eating at midnight on Wednesday. We went to the hospital at 8:30 on Thursday and did all the intake info. They rubbed numbing cream on the various places they might use for an IV site. We met with the nurses and doctor, as well as a child life rep who played with him and tried to distract him with an ipad while they were doing the IV. I think the numbing cream was a joke because he screamed for a long time as they tried to get it in. The first vein collapsed, so they had to use his other hand. He was pissed and screaming and it made me want to cry. I hadn't eaten breakfast either and the whole thing really made me dizzy.

Finally they got the IV in, taped it to his arm. I just sort of held him as he screamed as they administered the medicine that would knock him out. Within like a minute he collapsed, completely lifeless.....it was horrible.

Josh and I were sobbing. We killed time in the cafeteria, playing games on our phones and just trying to talk about things not related to what was happening.

We got the call that everything was done and we almost ran to the recovery room. He slept for about an hour, when he woke up we were elated when he wanted to eat and drink something. He bounced back quickly, and by the time he got home he was almost 100% back to normal.

Dr. Gavin called that evening and informed us that there was absolutely nothing abnormal on Zachary's scans. He just has one pupil that dilates more than another....what a relief!!!