Today we all went to the Freddie Hewitt Ward, with Massimo starved since 5 am. We were there by 7.50 am but, other than signing the consent form, nothing happened until 11.30 am when we took him down to the MR Unit. Again, I was allowed to cuddle him whilst he went to sleep and he did the most impressive wriggle before going off, lifting his legs and bottom right off the bed and jiving with his arms, it was really cute!
During the scan J and I had sandwiches and strong coffee and an hour later we went to the recovery room where we found a very upset little boy. A kiss, cuddle and dummy later he did start to settle. We returned to the ward, with me in a wheelchair cuddling the wee man. Back in our cubicle we realised that Massimo’s saturation levels (oxygen levels in his blood) were not bad but not really as high as they usually are, so we gave him just a little oxygen for a couple of hours.
We were fully expecting to stay in the hospital overnight but the doctors from the ward said they were happy for us to be discharged as long as the ENT team where happy. By 6.30 pm an ENT chap came to discharge us and by 7.10 pm we were home! Even though he was very hungry Massimo gave us some wonderful smiles when we got home, before enjoying his supper and drifting off to a very calm and settled sleep. I know we were only due to stay in one night but I am overjoyed to be sleeping in my own bed tonight.
We will not be getting the results of the MRI scan for quite some time, possibly not before next week. We will attempt to speak to the ENT surgeon before the end of this week but don’t hold out much hope that we will get much information even if we do get to speak to him.