A Mother's worst Nightmare followed by a blessing

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12/3/2013

Ayla was born with a bump in the corner of her eyebrow. Our pediatrician has been telling us for a while to go in & get it checked out however of course I was in denial & we never did. FINALLY I decided I would make the appointment before the end of the year. I called & scheduled for a dermatologist appointment with Dr. Sheryl Vanderhoolft. When we went to see her 2 weeks ago, she told us that the bump was probably a cyst and that we needed to get an MRI done to ensure it wasn't connected to her brain or something internal. She explained that because of the location, there was a good chance that it was connected & they wouldn't do surgery until it was looked at through the scan. For any parent, getting news that your baby isn't perfect and might have to have surgery is very hard to comprehend. For us, the thought of potentially having to have Ayla get brain surgery was absolutely beyond what we expected.

I made the appointment for the MRI & here we are.. on the day!

 Today Zac & I took Ayla to Riverton Primary's to have an MRI for a cyst that she has on her right eye brow in the corner of her eye. Because of the MRI, she was unable to eat solids aft 1:30am & then could no longer have liquids after 5:30am. Her appointment was at 7:30am so we had a VERY grumpy baby on our hands. Of course we had to make matters worse when the weather decided it was winter time & gave us a ton of snow that backed up 2100 N which means we were 10 minutes late to the appointment.

Once we got there we checked in, she walked around(holding my fingers) for a little bit & then they took us back to weigh her. We went back to a room where a Nurse asked us a bunch of questions.

(Post finished on 12/17/2013)

After we answered all the questions we had people coming in and out to distract her with toys, put in the IV, ect. Ayla cried and cried when she got the IV. It was heartbreaking to see my little girl go through something so painful. She sat on my lap afterwards and didn't really want to play with toys but liked the bubbles :). 

We took her Ayla back into the MRI room where they gave her the anesthesia. It only took about 10 seconds to kick in. I stood there, holding her close, trying to comfort her while she was scared, half way out of it, and about to go into a big machine all by herself. Once she was out they took her from my arms and put her in the MRI machine. Of course they wouldn't let us stay in there so we decided that instead of waiting in the waiting room we would walk around. We ended up at the cafeteria where we got some breakfast and tried to keep our mind off of things. We were gone for about a half hour. When we got back, Ayla was laying in the recovery bed and they were hooking her up to some monitoring machines. Because of the kind of anesthesia they used, they wanted to make sure she slept for 2 hours. We were unable to hold her so we sat by her bedside and waited for her to wake up. She slept for the entire 2 hours & then the nurse came by and abruptly woke her up. That part made me mad. I wanted to be able to wake her up slowly so that she wasn't scared and confused as to where she was but they didn't let me. 

Once she was awake I was able to hold her and comfort her. She was pretty delirious and drunk acting. She was laughing but was slurring her laughs if that makes sense at all. She couldn't control her limbs very well and had a hard time keeping her head straight up. Once she was completely awake and able to keep down some bottle, she was able to go home.

This was the most nerve racking experience for a couple of reasons. First, I was scared that she would react badly to the anesthesia but secondly and most importantly, we were terrified that they were going to tell us that our little baby was going to have to have brain surgery. While we were waiting for Ayla to wake up the a doctor came in and talked to us. He let us know that the cyst was 6mm and that it was NOT ATTACHED to anything which means NO BRAIN SURGERY. I am just getting teary eyed writing this. It brings me back to that overwhelming feeling of relief that both Zac & I felt. I am so happy that our little baby doesn't have to have that awful surgery and that she is going to be okay. She still will need plastic surgery to get it removed eventually but she won't need it anytime soon and it will be a small quick and simple procedure. Thank you to all those who prayed and fasted on Ayla's behave that everything would go smoothly and that she would be okay.

12/3/2013

Ayla was born with a bump in the corner of her eyebrow. Our pediatrician has been telling us for a while to go in & get it checked out however of course I was in denial & we never did. FINALLY I decided I would make the appointment before the end of the year. I called & scheduled for a dermatologist appointment with Dr. Sheryl Vanderhoolft. When we went to see her 2 weeks ago, she told us that the bump was probably a cyst and that we needed to get an MRI done to ensure it wasn't connected to her brain or something internal. She explained that because of the location, there was a good chance that it was connected & they wouldn't do surgery until it was looked at through the scan. For any parent, getting news that your baby isn't perfect and might have to have surgery is very hard to comprehend. For us, the thought of potentially having to have Ayla get brain surgery was absolutely beyond what we expected.

I made the appointment for the MRI & here we are.. on the day!

 Today Zac & I took Ayla to Riverton Primary's to have an MRI for a cyst that she has on her right eye brow in the corner of her eye. Because of the MRI, she was unable to eat solids aft 1:30am & then could no longer have liquids after 5:30am. Her appointment was at 7:30am so we had a VERY grumpy baby on our hands. Of course we had to make matters worse when the weather decided it was winter time & gave us a ton of snow that backed up 2100 N which means we were 10 minutes late to the appointment.

Once we got there we checked in, she walked around(holding my fingers) for a little bit & then they took us back to weigh her. We went back to a room where a Nurse asked us a bunch of questions.

(Post finished on 12/17/2013)

After we answered all the questions we had people coming in and out to distract her with toys, put in the IV, ect. Ayla cried and cried when she got the IV. It was heartbreaking to see my little girl go through something so painful. She sat on my lap afterwards and didn't really want to play with toys but liked the bubbles :). 

We took her Ayla back into the MRI room where they gave her the anesthesia. It only took about 10 seconds to kick in. I stood there, holding her close, trying to comfort her while she was scared, half way out of it, and about to go into a big machine all by herself. Once she was out they took her from my arms and put her in the MRI machine. Of course they wouldn't let us stay in there so we decided that instead of waiting in the waiting room we would walk around. We ended up at the cafeteria where we got some breakfast and tried to keep our mind off of things. We were gone for about a half hour. When we got back, Ayla was laying in the recovery bed and they were hooking her up to some monitoring machines. Because of the kind of anesthesia they used, they wanted to make sure she slept for 2 hours. We were unable to hold her so we sat by her bedside and waited for her to wake up. She slept for the entire 2 hours & then the nurse came by and abruptly woke her up. That part made me mad. I wanted to be able to wake her up slowly so that she wasn't scared and confused as to where she was but they didn't let me. 

Once she was awake I was able to hold her and comfort her. She was pretty delirious and drunk acting. She was laughing but was slurring her laughs if that makes sense at all. She couldn't control her limbs very well and had a hard time keeping her head straight up. Once she was completely awake and able to keep down some bottle, she was able to go home.

This was the most nerve racking experience for a couple of reasons. First, I was scared that she would react badly to the anesthesia but secondly and most importantly, we were terrified that they were going to tell us that our little baby was going to have to have brain surgery. While we were waiting for Ayla to wake up the a doctor came in and talked to us. He let us know that the cyst was 6mm and that it was NOT ATTACHED to anything which means NO BRAIN SURGERY. I am just getting teary eyed writing this. It brings me back to that overwhelming feeling of relief that both Zac & I felt. I am so happy that our little baby doesn't have to have that awful surgery and that she is going to be okay. She still will need plastic surgery to get it removed eventually but she won't need it anytime soon and it will be a small quick and simple procedure. Thank you to all those who prayed and fasted on Ayla's behave that everything would go smoothly and that she would be okay.