MRI--RESULTS

Okay, to finish up the story about Manti...February 25th we again went down to Denver Children's Hospital for Manti's MRI. Due to the fact that Manti is so little and would never lay still through the whole screening, he was going to be knocked out for it. His appointment wasn't until 3:00 PM which was a killer. I just wanted to get in there and get it done! Manti was on a strict diet for the day, this is how his feedings went:

No milk or solids after 7:00am
No formula after 9:00am
clear liquids up to 1:00pm
NOTHING after 1:00pm

Now for a little guy who LOVES to eat, I felt so awful for him. He was starving by 10:30 in the morning, water and apple juice just weren't cutting it! The drive to Denver is always a good one, Manti sleeps the whole time, Sebastien watches a movie and occasionally falls asleep. We arrived at the hospital at 2:00 for check in, filled out the paperwork and were told to have a seat, they would be with us in 15 minutes. Those 15 minutes came and went, we waited and waited and waited. Finally, I went to the front desk and they forgot to put us in the computer! We got into Manti's room about 3:30! They got him all prepped for the procedure (temp, weight, etc.), told us exactly what they would be doing then dismissed us to the waiting room! I was heart broken! I did not want him to go through that alone. They first gave him laughing gas, once he was out they did the i.v. and injected the anaesthesia. The screening took about 45 minutes, he came out of everything perfectly fine and didn't have any reactions to the medicine. Now was just another waiting game for the results. After 4 long days we got a call from the hospital saying everything was PERFECTLY NORMAL! Whatever abnormal activity they saw in December was no longer there and he is as healthy as can be. Thank goodness.

We really want to thank everyone for their love, support and prayers. We know that Manti is healthy because of the power of the priesthood and prayer, we are very thankful for the gospel in our lives. Also, that we have two perfect little boys in our lives, they are our world!

Now for some pictures...

The boys are in the waiting room...trying to keep Sebastien from running away. He was already bored.

This was Manti's cute little hospital gown! The cool thing...we got to keep it! :)

This is right after they gave him the laughing gas and are getting ready to stick him for the i.v. (We had one of the nurses take this picture.)


This one breaks my heart...he is out like a light and getting ready to go in.

Still trying to come out of it. They had taped his eyes shut so he has a little redness by his eyes.


The Children's Hospital has these wagons for patients, it makes it a lot easier to get around with the little ones. Can you tell that the boys are ready to just get home?


His bruise from the i.v. and redness on his chest from the heart monitoring "sticky things". (It's late, I cannot remember what they are called.)