Who Says There Are No Super Heroes

My wife is about to put Parker to bed now and I am writing the blog after our dinner and wine. To be honest, the little monkey is the strongest and toughest little guy I will ever know. Yes, he was sedated for the procedures but when he did come to, he was as tough as nails. Well, a wobbly nail.

I had mentioned yesterday that Parker would be under a general anesthesia for all of his procedures today but he was actually just very heavily sedated. We arrived at the hospital at 9am but it was about 11am that we took Parker for his MRI where he was sedated. It took about 10 minutes for the sedation to take effect but once it did they carried him across the hall for his MRI. It took about 30 minutes for the MRI to complete and although we do not have to results yet it seems to have come back quite clean.

Then, they took Parker for his CT Scan of his lungs. I am unsure of the results, but it only look about 10 minutes. Then, we went across the hall where they performed the bone marrow aspiration. It took longer then the previous examination but it apparently went well. They took the bone marrow from his hip bone to see how well he produces different type of cells. We are hoping and expecting that he produces a good amount of stem cells.

After the bone marrow aspiration, the did a few swabs to see if there are any germs in his throat or nose. He was starting to wake up during these tests, so he was not as cooperative but he did do well.

Of course after this he did wake up and was quite hungry. He were told to give him some water to make sure that the sedative did not cause him to vomit. He drank about 8 ounces of water without a problem so when we got home we gave him the same amount of whole milk.

We were given some medication in case he did have some discomfort because of the bone marrow aspiration but to be honest, we never had to use it. When he got home, he was still quite drugged up but he was still very active. I did make a video of the little monkey that I will post of him playing in his playpen afterwards but I won't be posting it until tomorrow . So, check it out tomorrow (Check now!).

Mom just came into the bedroom after putting the little monkey to bed. I am very proud of the little monkey today. He is definitely tougher then anyone else I know.

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