Alas, the test is DONE and Ammon did pretty darn good, all things considering.
He doesn't like those darned rules that he can't eat before these sedated tests but we made it through. We got the the hospital about 11:30 AM and waited for him to be called back to be evaluated and then sedated. He just hates those tiny rooms and does all he can to escape. Thankfully I had called the nurses beforehand and warned them about how much fun Ammie could be while trying to sedate and test, so the nurses were ready for him.
When Ammie saw the big IV needle come in the room with his nurse, he uttered a loud, "UH OH!! Poke! Poke!" But he sat calmly and carefully watched as the nurse gave him the poke. The nurse smiled and assured me that he would be asleep in five minutes. At eight minutes of Ammie screaming, "Ammon de dowww!!" (Ammon get down)the nurse thought perhaps she needed to go get more meds. She came in with more and inserted it in his IV tube. Still, Ammon screamed and struggled to get off the table. At about minute 11 they gave Ammie another dose and in the middle of shouting "Ammon de doww" his mouth froze in an o shape and he was out.
They rolled him down the hall and into the imaging room. They assured us that he would be just fine and for us to come back in 45 minutes so that when they finished at 60 minutes we'd be ready and waiting for him in recovery. Makayla and I went to eat lunch and came back in about 30 minutes....just in case...and sure enough as we walked down the hall to imagining we could hear a scream that sounded very familiar!
We turned the corner and saw the tech with a helpless look on his face trying to hold on to a squealing, squirming Ammon who woke up inside the machine. They gave him another dose of sedative. Didn't put him out. Gave him another dose. Magic. Ammon went out and then was rigged back up and put inside the MRI machine.
Once in recovery Ammon decided it was fine to sleep and then he wouldn't wake up! Finally, we were able to rouse him enough to get him walking with help and able to take him home.
But its done. We got er done.
