Sedation and Recovery

Anastasia has a history of urinary tract infections, which means that she occasionally has to undergo some tests to make sure that there isn't more to be concerned about. Today's test was a scan of her kidneys which looks for scarring or areas that aren't functioning properly. Once she'd gotten the dye injected, we were back to the waiting room to wait for it to make it's way to her kidneys.



The scan took approximately 30 minutes, and she had to be perfectly still for the whole time, so she needed sedation. The staff and Children's were great with her and helped her to take it easy with stickers, bubbles and even a Dora video.



Once she was asleep, the waiting began. About 2 hours later, she woke up. The nurses said she had to eat a whole Popsicle before they would remove her IV, so we got down to trying to encourage her to do that, but she was still feeling the effects of the sedation. The result was pretty humorous. The sound isn't great, but turn the volume up, it's worth it.



A few minutes later, Anastasia began directing Orlando and me in the singing of Hickory Dickory Dock. Once again, thankful for the new iPhone, we captured a quick video of the funniness.



After a visit to the urologist to confirm that the test results were the same as last year, it was time to eat some lunch, visit with uncle Mark and head home for a very relaxing afternoon.