Thursday, May 20, 2010

Second Mag3 Renal Scan

It was back to downtown Camden today to get a scan of Sean's pesky kidney at Cooper University Hospital. Despite the rough surroundings, Cooper is a very nice place - I suppose putting up a gigantic banner featuring the effervescent Ms. Kelly Ripa on the outside of the building will do that to a place :)

Anywho, just like last June, Sean got an IV and a catheter put in, was swaddled and strapped down onto a board for 45 minutes while images were taken of dyed liquid being processed through his kidneys. Sean did the best he could and despite being so very tired, he stayed awake through the whole darn thing - alternating loud wailing and desperate sobbing with sad whimpering. With about 6 minutes left in the scan, Sean was so tired that he found tickling amusing again, so we played "little piggies" with the only unswaddled part of him - his chubby little toes - until the test was done. Whew! We go back to the urologist in early June to get an interpretation of the scan - fingers crossed!!

We took the train and a mysterious stranger joined us:

Oh just kidding - it's Sean!

All strapped and swaddled: Post-scan graham cracker:

Post-scan nap: