Yesterday, Jan 2nd, 2011 - Alannah had her pre-op MRI.
Usually for kids her age, they provide you with "movie goggles" - goggles you can wear during the MRI in which you can watch a movie. This distracts you from the nerve racking noise of an MRI and helps to keep the kids busy so they don't fidget around during the MRI. The other option, for kids who are too young to watch the movies, is sedation. Well, Alannah has done 2 MRIs already with the movie goggles so we had no worries that she wouldn't be able to do it. So we took our Scooby Doo DVD and off we went.
Unfortunately, we found out when we arrived, that the movie goggles are broken and have been for 3 weeks....to which I thought ( but did not say ) "what the heck are you waiting for!!! get them fixed!"
But, true to Alannah's form, she walked in there and held still in an MRI machine for over an hour....something that I myself have had difficulty doing. She continues to amaze us, and the employees at children's hospital, at every turn....that's our trooper.
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