Moody/Karens daughter Olivia

Recap of today's adventure at Scottish Rite Hospital:

OMGosh, today was one of the worst days ever.  They came for Olivia about 12:00ish for

MRI.  The motion of the wheel chair made her sick, so we had to walk, sit, walk, sit.....took about 15 - 20 min to get there.   They took us into a room and made her switch into hospital gown-------Olivia is VERY sensitive about her body being "accessible" and they have allowed her up to this point to keep her own clothing on......so this upset her. Hysteria #1 

THEN they made us watch a video about all the "possible adverse reactions"..... UUUGGGGHHHHH  Olivia was CONVINCED she would DEFINATELY have these all and die.  She was soooo wroked up and terrified it amplified her nausea....... speaking of which, they couldnt give her anti-nausea meds before her tests because of the stuff they have to inject into her veins........Hysteria #2

We finallty make it to the MRI room, this is NOT an open MRI.........Olivia is claustaphobic.............hysteria round # 3. 

They told her they would have to put her to sleep if she didnt do it today. Olivia is terrified of being put to sleep because she is convinced she will "go towards the light."............. hysteria round # 4 

We leave MRI room w/o having it done.  Fortunately they were able to take us on to the HIDA scan.  Nice big OPEN machine....very flat table to lay on......Olivia cant lay flat as it makes her even more nauseaous........hysteria round #5. 

We get her on the table, but the table has to MOVE under a HUGE machine......hysteria round #6.

Finally got the table under the huge machine, then this huge machine begins lower itself right on top of her..................hysteria round #7 which continued on for 1 1/2 hours straight. 

This child has the endurance of the energizer bunny.  I kept thinking she would HAVE to exhaust sooner or later......WRONG.  Then the radiologist decided he needed picks with radioactive material pumped into her veins.  The lab teech guy tells her that the radioactive stuff may make her feel wierd...............hysteria #8, 9, 10 & 11. 

Then she decided it was all my fault and I was letting them torture her on purpose and I don't love her or I would make them stop.....And this is when I let out my "sigh of relief".  See whenever she gets to the point of "it's all mom's fault"  I know she is wearing dow!  I said "praise Jesus, it's all my fault!"    It was actually music to my ears.

Finally, Finally, Finally about 5:00 we got back to her room.  Mark & I then realized that all

we had had today was a cup of coffee about 8am, so we meandered the 5 floors down to the cafeteria...yippee

So now we wait.  They are coming for her I think around 6:30am to try for the MRI............I am going to go ahead and assign this hysteria #'s 12 - 30 if they can hurry with getting her to sleep, if not.................I shudder to think.

The End.

P. S.  On a good note though, SHE PEE PEE'd !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  And right now this second, she is SIPPING SPRITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  This is the first thing that has crossed her lips since friday nite.  WOOOO HOOOOO..............but it has a laxative in it...............boo hoo

Moodyk13 ~ First off hats to you & Olivia for surviving an awful day!  Secondly thanks for the updates.  As you can tell we all have been vigilant on tracking the progress of your precious girl!

Sopefully soon after the dreaded MRI you will get some answers.

Dear Olivia, how very scared you must have been today -- what with all of those loud, clanky, HUGE machines. I know that I was frightened when I had my radiation from a big, loud machine..... and I'm a grandma! It seemed to help me to give my machines a name. I used to amuse myself attempting to think of how to draw faces on the machines & other silly games. It kept my mind busy with nonsense.

Please know that we want you to be better & part of that is learning what's going on. We will all keep praying that you can be brave during all of these silly (and amazing) tests..... so that your smart doctors can figure out what's going on.

Do the very best that you can, to take good care of yourself. We're all cheering for you.

Karen, this sounds terrible.  I hope they figure out soon what is going on with your sweet daughter!  I will keep praying for both of you!  Be prepared though because I have been reading with questions  LOL.  Take care and don't forget to get your rest mom.  I wish I had cats but I only have dogs.  If Olivia likes those I'll be happy to share some silly pics of my dogs.

Estepp,

Good to have you back.  I am not computer literate.  I do not know how to post these moving pets.  LOL 

Olivia,  What a scary time for you sweetheart!!  :-(    Just what Pam said, the sooner you get these test done the sooner you can go home......We all are thinking of you and want you to get well.....I know your friends miss you at school....Hope you get results from your scan soon!

RE:  The HIDA scan Olivia had today:

My sister is going through some gallbladder testing and may need a HIDA scan.  It observes the flow of bile from the liver to the small intestine and also assesses the gallbladder.  They look for things such as bile duct obstruction, congenital bile duct issues, gallstones, polyps of the gallbladder. 

The HYSTERIAS #1 - #30......ACCKCKK ......a parental nightmare!  I am so, so sorry Olivia is going through this! 

Still praying and waiting and hoping with all hope for good news tomorrow...

Deborah

Kelsey is gorgeous!!!!! Bar the doors Sandy!  Lock her up!!!!!

Karen:  Aw....thank you for sharing photos of Olivia with us.  It helps to see her face....

Get some sleep tonight!!!!!!   Big HUGGGS....

Olivia, this champion Sheltie is named Cupcake. I bet your mama or your daddy calls you that!! I know this hospital stuff is awful, and you'd rather be acting like a little kid than an almost teenager!!! (Your mom is gonna swat me for saying that!) So be brave, all of you~~~we are all praying that this will soon be over and ALL of you will be on the road to recovery!!

{{{HUGS}}} and a lick from Cupcake!

Good morning Olivia and Karen

I just wanted to let you know that I pray that you will have an easier day today and that you will get some good news about your illness.  I love your pictures.  You look just like your mom....

((((hugs))))

Olivia and Kelsey - You are both beautiful young ladies!

Olivia - I am sending you hugs today. Have a much better day my dear!!!!

Good morning Karen & Olivia

Sending more prayers your way!

Update on Olivia

I hope I got this right because I was having a hard time hearing Karen on the phone.  What I understood her to say was that they could not find Olivia's pituitary gland and the doctors were baffled.  They are consulting with endocrinologists.

The gland secretes hormones influencing body growth, metabolism, and activity of other glands.

Karen is very upset over this news.  She wanted me to let everyone know that she was not up to sending the update and that we all need to keep praying for Olivia condition.

Let us keep praying !!!!!