Biopsy went well!

As I type this, I am sitting in the recovery room as our daughter watches tv. Our day started out super early as we stirred from our beds, it was still dark. I must say it gave me a greater appreciation for the hour in which my husband rises daily to head off to work. We headed off to Delaware and left a few minutes earlier since everyone was ready. The traffic was lighter than we had anticipated so those prayers offered for traveling mercies were greatly appreciated.

Being early, I didn’t think they would call us as soon as they did but we were thankful. As Alex and I headed back for her ultrasound, my parents and my son headed to the cafeteria since none of us ate prior to leaving in order to support Alex as she couldn’t eat. The ultrasound tech (Ann) was very nice and Alex enjoyed looking at her insides via the screen and thought the whole process was cool. Her doctor marked the point of entry and it is freaky to see a mark on the outside that you know is going to be used as the point that a needle is going to enter your child, travel between 2 rib bones and enter her liver to extract a really small section of it for evaluation.

As the sedation doctor explained to us that he was going to use nitrous oxide and shared with Alex how the mask would be over her mouth and nose, my main concern was whether or not that was enough sedation. He assured us that she wouldn’t remember anything and the local anesthesia would allow her not to feel anything. As an added bonus, she would be coherent and back to normal within a few mintutes. I am glad to say that he was right because once it was over, she said that she didn’t remember anything and that she felt like she was in la-la land. Mom was thinking she needed some of that stuff.

The biopsy needle was looooooong!! Of course, she requested that I stay in the room so I put on my brave mommy face and stayed. The whole procedure was pretty quick and now we will have to wait a few days for the results and it is our prayer that the biopsy results will line up with her blood draws and that her liver is still enjoying a peaceful coexistence with the other organs in her body. However, now we are at the hard part because she has to lay on her side for 4 hours. Thankfully being a great children’s hospital, they have bedside tv’s that are touch screen operated with tv, games, and movies. We have watched Alphas & Omegas and are now watching the Karate Kid with Jaden Smith. This entertainment has proved to occupy both kids as her brother is now in the recovering room with us watching the movie.

Now it is just a waiting game. Waiting for time to pass until we can get our last blood draw to check her blood count and then we will be given the green light to head home. Based on our day, I think some will be napping on the way home.

As always, coming here is a humbling experience because there are kids that are here and not able to travel home today and we can continue to pray for those kids and their families.