Finally Monday morning was here! Got the call at 8:00am that the MRI was at noon. When we got there they told us that they may have to sedate her if she doesn't stay still in the MRI by swaddling and some sweeties (hospital grade sugar water) on her Binky. If they ended up having to sedate her we would have to stay the night in the hospital for observation because she is so little. Thankfully she did great and they didn't have to sedate her as she slept through the whole thing so we got to go home.
We were hoping to get the results back that day so we quickly ran to get something to eat and to the grocery store so we could be at home when they called. It was now approaching 5:00pm so I was beginning to think that we were not going to get results today. It was just then my phone rang....it was the doctors office. She explained to me that they found massive fluid on the brain and a bleed. She has contacted the Neurosurgeons and they are expecting us. We needed to leave for Iowa City (2 hours away) with in the next 30 minutes. My heart sank and I was sick to my stomach.
At that point we quickly grab some clothes and started driving. Everything was kind of a blur. I am not sure what we grabbed to bring with us and what was going on. OMG can this really be happening??? That 2 hour car ride seemed like took FOREVER! We finally arrived in the ER and they quickly got us back to get everything started. The Neurosurgeons came to meet with us and explained that they would take a look at her MRI and get a plan together in the morning as to what they wanted to do. They called the neonatal lifeflight team down to start her IV. Once they got her IV started they took up to our room.
This is when our lives were turned upside down...
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