Ethan was born with a "spot" smack dab in the center of the bridge of his nose. We always called it a "hole" because it just looked like an oversized pore. We've asked our Pediatrician about it since the very first apppoinment Ethan had as a newborn, and she said it was fine and would probably turn into a mole. Well, at Ethan's 2.5 year Well-Check appointment this Pediatrician decided it was time to have the spot looked at. She referred us to a dermatologist where we learned that in fact it was truly a hole on his nose that didn't close properly in the womb. The concern was how far did this hole actually go...was it just a superficial hole in his skin or deeper. The doctor said the hole can actually go as deep as his brain so they needed to schedule an MRI to find out what we were dealing with. Yesterday was the MRI and Ethan was amazing as usual. The day started by having to wake Ethan up at 6am to eat breakfast. He would need to be sedated for his 1:00 MRI so he would have to fast starting at 7am that day...not fun with a 2.5 year old. He did great fasting and didn't even ask to eat or drink until right before they sedated him. At the hopsital they took us to Radiolgy Pediatric Sedation where they had Thomas the Train toys and Toy Story toys waiting in Ethan's Room. They began by putting numbing solution on his right arm where they would be placing the IV. They covered the solution with a clear bandage that got all "crinkley" so we decided it looked like Spiderman's Webs and he could pretend to shoot webs just like Spiderman. The topical solution takes 20 minutes to take affect so, naturally, we just played toys with Ethan until that time. The nurses said they would have someone from Childlife come down at that time to play with Ethan while the IV was put in and the anesthesia administered, which I thought, "hmmm, seems kind of unnecessary since we play and can play with our son". But I found out later, that apparently the nurses rarely see the parents playing with their children :(. After the 20 minutes the Childlife Specialist came down and immediately said, interrupting our playtime, "I hear you guys are already having a goodtime in here....You probably don't even need us :)". They gave Ethan an ipad to do Thomas Puzzles on to distract him from the IV being put in and he didn't even notice....give that boy a puzzle and he's dead to the world, so focused. The rest of the day went really well and he was finally awake, but groggy, by 3pm. Once he was able to feed himself some crackers and drink, they allowed us to leave, letting Ethan ride out of the hosptital in a little red wagon (which he loved and when the nurse stopped at the door he asked her to turn around and go the other way so he could keep riding in it). We made it a special day for Ethan by taking him to eat at Red Robin next and letting him order whatever he wanted...which was chicken fingers, fries, and chocolate milk :) We should know the results of test by Monday.
We thought we should also tell you that the hightlight of the day for us, besides everything going well for Ethan, was at the end of the day when Mommy was waiting with the nurse and kids (Ethan still in his wagon) for Daddy to pull the car up to the door.
The Nurse said, "Do you have anymore children?"
I told her no, just these 2 but we're planning on having more when these 2 are in school.
The Nurse responded with, "Oh, do you homeschool or will you?". I told her probably not, that I would love to but Justin isn't really fond of the idea, but who knows, we have a few years to decided.
She then said.....
"Well, you'd be really good at it. It was really nice watching you (me & justin) play with your kids. We don't really see that here unfortunately. It was really nice to see." I actually started tearing up...partly because it was a long emotional day, but partly because that was the best compliment I think I've ever received. So after blaming the tearing up on allergies or something to that effect, I told her THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
Parenthood is challenging, emotionally and physically, and for someone to notice the effort Justin and I make to put our family first and try to raise, guide, teach, and play with our children; and even take the time to say, hey you're doing a good job, meant more to me than that nurse probably even realized. Man, I'm tearing up just typing it again! It was a great way to end the day.
We thought we should also tell you that the hightlight of the day for us, besides everything going well for Ethan, was at the end of the day when Mommy was waiting with the nurse and kids (Ethan still in his wagon) for Daddy to pull the car up to the door.
The Nurse said, "Do you have anymore children?"
I told her no, just these 2 but we're planning on having more when these 2 are in school.
The Nurse responded with, "Oh, do you homeschool or will you?". I told her probably not, that I would love to but Justin isn't really fond of the idea, but who knows, we have a few years to decided.
She then said.....
"Well, you'd be really good at it. It was really nice watching you (me & justin) play with your kids. We don't really see that here unfortunately. It was really nice to see." I actually started tearing up...partly because it was a long emotional day, but partly because that was the best compliment I think I've ever received. So after blaming the tearing up on allergies or something to that effect, I told her THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
Parenthood is challenging, emotionally and physically, and for someone to notice the effort Justin and I make to put our family first and try to raise, guide, teach, and play with our children; and even take the time to say, hey you're doing a good job, meant more to me than that nurse probably even realized. Man, I'm tearing up just typing it again! It was a great way to end the day.
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| Hanging in the Waiting Room |
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| Playing in his room with his "Spiderman Web Arm" |
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| Recovering |
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| Wagon Ride...he's annoyed I made the nurse stop pulling the wagon so I could take a pic |
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