Paris' MRI!

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Hi everyone,

Well, we did Paris' (4y3m old) *unsedated* brain MRI this morning, and

she did awesome! We went in with the attitude that we would just try

it, and left the one with full sedation scheduled for the end of

April. The tech was very skeptical and said he had never successfully

scanned anyone younger than 6 and usually more like 8 or 9.

Paris is normally very hyper. I gave her Benadryl about an hour ahead

of time and explained the whole process to her (she's very bright; it

probably wouldn't go over the same for a lot of of kids her age). She

was also promised a " prize " of her choice for after.

I stayed in there and rubbed her legs the whole time. When she got

scared when the loud noises started (even though she expected it), I

told her that is probably what it sounds like on ET's space-ship when

it starts (that is her favorite movie right now). I pretty much just

coached her the whole way through it. Her eyes darted around a lot,

but she didn't move at all!

When the tech came back in, I thought he was going to hug us-LOL! He

said I was excellent and told Paris what a wonderful job she did. He

went on about how much money we just saved the organization (like I

care-LOL-jk), how much better it was for us, etc (yeah, I know), and

he wishes they could give Paris a present. Then he took us through

the department and announced to all the techs that " this little star

just got scanned " (and they don't do sedation there, so everyone knew

what that meant).

It was maybe a little over the top, but I thought it was nice that

they gave her some recognition .

Also, I got Ariana's full-spine follow-up scheduled with the other NSG

in the office for April 7. That process actually went very smoothly,

and the PA didn't even seem surprised! Hmm...

-Beth-

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