Brain MRI and a new central line

We left bright and early Friday morning. First thing was Brocs brain MRI. The anesthesia team was awesome and let me do most things with putting him to sleep and changing his TPN over to IV fluids. We had quite the party in the waiting room. Jon, Nadiene and Maddie came to visit us as well as Kelley and Carolyn. Thank you so much for all the support. It was great to catch up at usual.

Yolanda and I were able to eat some breakfast as we hadn't eaten all morning and leaving at 3am in the morning can make a person quite hungry. The coffee was great too. Brocs MRI scans took quite a while. Before his MRI we were told that he was getting a new central line too. We thought they were only going to try and fix his picc line, not give him a whole new one.

The hopes were to keep him sedated and then just put him in the elevator and take him upstairs for his central line, but the case before him took a little longer so Broc recovered down in MRI. Once he was awake enough we went off to see Dr Boaz to find out how his brain is doing. He gave us the great news that everything is looking really good with his brain as well as his surgery site. He did suggest a pain medication for Broc to help with his continual leg and feet pain but we have not made a decision on that yet. It could help him a lot and possibly his belly too but it could also have horrible side effects too.
Waiting to see Dr Boaz.

While we were seeing Dr Boaz surgery called us to say they are ready for Broc whenever we are done seeing Dr Boaz. Once we left Dr Boaz we headed down to surgery to check Broc in. We really didn't want to sedate him twice in one day but unfortunately it had to be done. Thankfully all the questions had already been answered when we checked in for MRI.

Always smiling.

These pics going down the hallway never get old. We always pray that broc comes back to us. Every sedation no matter how small can be dangerous to brocs heart.

In true Broc fashion he decided to spike a small fever while we were getting him all ready. Everyone went on high alert so a cbc and blood culture was done while he was under as well as a dose of IV ABX was given. We love it when the Drs are so pro-active with Broc. It shows that they truly care about him. The central line took about an hour and then we went down to see him. Our visitors had left once we left the MRI Dept.

Broc recovered well in the PACU and we left with giving him a dose of Tylenol for pain and fever and benedryl for his bites. Poor boy was attacked by a mosquito and it was driving him crazy.

Thank you to everyone that contributed to his fundraiser. We were able to use his new chair at the hospital. It really came in handy as he was very much out of it at times and wanted to sleep.

Thank you for all your love, prayers and support.