Madelynn's Appointment

Yesterday was Madelynn's appointment at Children's Hospital Imagining Center.


It was hard.


Really, really, really hard.


Pure hell.


The torture and pain they put my sweet girl through should be outlawed. Not fair at all.


I would vote next time to demand she be put to sleep before anything like this ever again.


I gave her tylenol when we got there to hopefully help a little. They asked if she had a full bladder. Umm...she's 14 months, how would you like me to figure that out?


The ultrasound went fairly good. She was loving the bubbles I brought to keep her occupied. She wanted nothing to do with any of the toys and snacks I brought, but only what the nurse gave her. Right when it was over was when she was loosing interest real quick! She was totally hammin' it up just being in her diaper though!


Next room, was bright and cheerful. Totally what you would expect at a Children's Hospital. However the large machines, table with large velcro straps and all the equipment that would be used, made me cringe. I just kept starring at the table. The velcro. My baby was going to be tied down. Somehow Madelynn was transformed to my big girl by just putting on a real hospital gown. Boy, did she look like a kid! I couldn't believe it. But she is still my baby. And strapping her down so she couldn't move an inch, was not nice. Not nice at all. Her head was in a device, with a strap over her chest, lower-mid-section and two around her legs. Everything was explained slowly, but that didn't make the pain any easier for me or her. The nurses put the catheter in while I tried to keep Madelynn's arms up and legs back. Pure hell. My mom held the portable DVD player with Elmo singing so that Madelynn could somewhat be distracted. Yeah right. Who are they kidding! She threw her binki, she threw her lovie. Her eyes were full of tears, tear after tear rolled down her head, she screamed. Foamed at the mouth. I cried too. It was heart-breaking. I had to wear one of those xray suits and boy was it heavy and hot. I felt like I was pregnant again. I hated every minute of the procedure just as much as she did. They filled and filled Madelynn's bladder with the contrast and I could see how large and uncomfortable it was getting and her screaming escalated. She needed to urinate before they could take the catheter out. It seemed like every minute was an hour. Her little eyes begging me for help. Her little toes all pointed and stressed. No wonder why she couldn't pee. I gave myself five minutes and if she wasn't going to pee, I was stopping the test. It was just too much. Finally the doctor asked for the tech to sprinkle some warm water on her to hopefully help her to pee. Finally it worked. It literally took her five minutes to empty all that was in her. 


I couldn't get those straps off quick enough and pick up my sweet baby. Urine and all. It didn't matter. And after she calmed down, had a snack and some juice, she was completely fine! She was such a trooper. My girls prove more and more to me just how strong they are.


She slept like a rock the whole way home. Even when Grandma gave he a new toy she had bought her while she ran into the grocery store, she just wanted her binki and lovie and to sleep. She was so precious.


Me, on the other hand, well, I needed a few glasses of wine to calm me down once I got home. All Madelynn wanted to do was go to bed and after her bath, she wasn't in her bed five minutes with her bottle before she was out cold. Hard, rough day.


The good news though...everything was one hundred percent completely normal. Praise Jesus!


So, today, we are rejoicing in that wonderful news and loving this little lady's smile!

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