MRI done!

We are almost done with day 1 of scans-- I am really glad considering last night was one of the roughest we have had in a while-- Grier had a really hard time settling down - which was very surprising since he should have crashed from getting up early and having a really busy day-- Around midnight, he told me his ear hurt. I kept asking him about his ears because he would cover them up and talk loudly-- and this started as soon as we got off the plane -- I thought the air pressure was bothering him-- But he said he was fine-- and told me he was louder when he covered his ears-- Around 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 he was sleeping but not peacefully-- and I started thinking about the Urgent care-- not really where I wanted to go-- we ended up waking up around 7:30 and he said he was fine-- I knew that was going to be my first question at the check-up-
We got to the PDH around 8:30-- and he made his rounds to see some nurses-- he was very shy until they asked what he has been doing at home.... He would say.. I go to school (by myself!)-- and then he would tell them that Mrs. Johnson, Mrs.Thompson, and Mrs. Winn are my teachers-- One of our favorites said-- Grier are you in High School now??-- You have so many teachers! And Grier laughed and he said, No, PRESCHOOL!-- Then he shared with everyone that he does not wear diapers anymore-- just boxers!
After all the catching up, he had his check up and guess what??? Grier has ear infections in both ears! I was shocked-- one looks really bad and must hurt-- they were shocked too because he did not have any symptoms-- He was going to start getting immunizations again but because of the ear infections we are going to wait-- A fever is the last thing we want right now--since he has a mediport. He will still get his flu shot on Thursday while he is under anesthesia for his bone marrow tests-
Anyway-- He did great with his MRI-- there was a little confusion about having him try to do it w/o anesthesia-- I told them I did not want to try on this test because it is so loud and long (an hour)-- maybe a CT-- so they called the Dr. in to give him the white medicine-
He woke up and told Emily ( nurse) that he wanted a bagel and OJ-- well-- it was 12:30 and we ended up at Lenny's for a turkey sandwich-- He can not have OJ because of the urine test that he has to do tonight!! He insisted on getting out of the stroller at Lenny's and he was very wobbly -- I caught him a few times-- and finally convinced him to sit until he was not quite so dizzy!
We are back at the RMDH house now and Grier is playing an arcade game-- we have to go back at 2:30 for the nuclear injection-
Tomorrow we have the MIBG scan-- He will not be able to eat or drink anything after midnight again-- I will break that to him later-- He told me last night that he was starving!! Can't wait to hear what he says about that again--