Today was scan day for Sabrina. These days are always very long for Sabrina. We leave early in the morning, arrive at Children's by 7:30, her scans start around 8:30 and end around 9:45 or so. Her appointment with her Oncology doctor was at 11 am, which gave Sabrina plenty of time to scream for 45 minutes after waking from her sedation...a very LONG 45 minutes. Finally, an orange sucker made her happy and the tears stopped. According to some of the nurses, the frantic screaming is a possible side effect of the sedation meds...quite a side effect.
The most important part of today....Sabrina's scans are "stable"!!! That means everything looks clean and clear of cancer. She still has a small mass, which they have been watching, but it has remained the same size, so no fears (well...let's be honest, no mass would be better).
Jim and I took Sabrina out to lunch and home for "nap"...that didn't really happen. Here are some photos of her day... if you wish to read the LONG story, you can visit Sabrina's Caring Bridge site at www.caringbridge.org/visit/sabrinacox.
Happily playing in the waiting room when we arrived at the radiology department.
She loved her bracelet...something she would cry about in the past.
Being a great patient, having her blood pressure and oxygen checked.
Giggling with the nurse, who was trying to figure out where he should listen, her nose, her forehead, or on her polka dots.
Sabrina's first time using EMLA, a numbing cream...although we question how well it really worked.
Sitting on Mommy's lap...seeing the IV supplies...a little fear set in at this point.
The aftermath...blood already drawn, but IV stayed in for the sedation medicine.
The miracle orange sucker that made the 45 minutes of screaming end...God bless that sucker!!
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