The week before Thanksgiving, Addelyn had an MRI at Little Rock Children's Hospital. I loaded both kiddos up and headed south...Eric's work was too crazy to be able to accompany us! We stayed at some of our favorite people's house for the night (thank you Dayle and Tony) and loved every minute of our time catching up and watching our kiddos play together.
I hate this is the only picture I got of the girls playing dress up-they were so sweet together!
Friday morning, Addelyn and I went to the hospital--the moment we walked in, 2 of my friends from college were at the door waiting for us - it was SO SPECIAL to be able to start a hard day off with hugs and so much encouragement from good friends....and then another friend from college found us while we were waiting and brought Addelyn and gift and hung out with us too! So sweet and comforting! All of them work at the hospital and I am so thankful that they took time out of their day to be with us! Thank you so much Rebecca, Katherine and Jan! Radiology is in the basement of the hospital - we had our own room - Addelyn was so excited that she got to watch Aladin while we waited. Every single person we came in contact with was just amazing! Addelyn was great the entire time-right before she was sedated, I could see that she was a bit nervous...but she was such a trooper and never complained a bit!
being silly
she even got to decorate her "special pjs" with PRINCESS & DORA STICKERS!! she loved it!
practicing breathing into her "bubble gum" mask
After she fell asleep-I went to the waiting room and waited for a phone call that the MRI was complete. It took about 45 minutes...but seemed longer!
Poor thing had a hard time waking up from the anesthesia...but we survived and of course, she asked for a Starbucks scone on the way home! How could I resist? She hadn't eaten since the day before!
A few days later, we found out that her MRI was clear! Definitely a day that I was on my knees, in tears thanking God for Addelyn and praising HIM for the good news! So....right now, Addelyn is on no meds and just clinically diagnosed with epilepsy. I carry meds with me to stop a seizure in case she had one...but there are no more appointments or tests scheduled! Thank you so much for all of the prayer and encouragement through all of this...it means so much to our family!
