Lily's Spinal MRI

Lily putting on a happy face with her Dad after getting her IV. We used a lot of video games on my phone to keep her distracted. She is always begging to play on my phone, so she was torn between paying attention to this weird  sharp pain in her hand and taking advantage of playing on my phone before I changed my mind! 

Lily's IV with an appropriately chosen bumblebee wrap. And her trusty "Doggie in the Window, Ruff, Ruff". 

Just after getting sedated. 

Going into the MRI machine. She was there about an hour. 

Waking up. She was pretty out of it but we finally got her to "liven up" a bit by giving her some goldfish. I think she is deciding if she should eat this one or not. She was a trooper and did awesome.

We have an awesome pediatrician and the moment Lily's MRI scans popped up on her computer she called us. We had only been home just over an hour. I wasn't expecting results so quickly and was anticipating waiting a full day to hear. 

She delivered some good news. Lily's spine is normal and has no tumors or other defects. That is a huge relief. However, it still leaves other questions unanswered for which we are moving forward with other tests. Our next big step is to meet with a neurologist, but have to wait until May. In the meantime, in conjunction with our pediatrician, we are doing some other tests to see if we can gather more information for the neurologist and come up with a plan to help her out. 

I want to thank all of you for your prayers, thoughts, well wishes, phone calls and texts. It has been a roller coaster of a day (and week) and I am sorry that I could not answer all of your phone calls. It is great knowing that we have such a strong support group.  Thank you!