So Ivy had her pre-op MRI today, and she is a little champ. She wasn't allowed to eat after 7 am, and refused to eat since 4:45am, so by the time everything was done at about 2 pm, she was pretty hungry! We went into the hospital super early this morning where they made her cry several times for various reasons like, poking her arm for an IV, checking her oxygen sats, taking her blood pressure, or just bugging her in general. They finally got us in for the MRI at about 11:30 am, after hours of waiting. They had to give her some anesthesia since for an MRI you need to be perfectly still. It was weird because I was holding her and they pushed the button to start the medication, and said, "it works pretty fast" and she instantly went limp in my arms, before her eyes even closed. They grabbed her from me and laid her down and she was out cold! They took pics of her heart for about an hour and a half and then we were allowed to see her again. They kept the anesthesia on for a few more minutes while they also did an echo (more heart pics), and then turned it off. She woke back up within 5 minutes, crazy.
We don't yet know what they found in the MRI, but should have the results in just a couple of days. She has her cath procedure on Monday, and that will give us more information also.
I also want to say thanks to Russell and Collette for taking our boys overnight and watching them for SO LONG while all this went on. Our boys had a great time, they love you guys, You're the best! And thank you in advance for Monday as well!
A Cath, by-the-way, is a procedure where they take very small catheters into either the jugular or an artery near the groin area, and maneuver it to the heart and then they are able to check things like size, pressure, flow, etc. All of these things will bring us closer to surgery which, due to oxygen saturation's, will most likely be sometime in June.
Good job today Ivy, you are such a good sport! We love you!
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