Then it was time to head back and get prepped. Because I had asked for sedation to be readily available, we had to go into a room to be asked a bunch of questions about Mackenna to make sure she was a good candidate for the Nitrous Oxide (laughing gas) - thankfully she was, so that made us feel a bit better. She got her purple 'princess gown' and seemed to really enjoy how pretty she looked. Her little personality was shining through like always! At this point, we were all still pretty happy and in good spirits.
Then it was time for the inevitable! We headed to the radiology room and this is where we spent the next hour or so...
To begin, we all had to where the lead aprons, so we got those on and they began to "tie her down" :( They wrapped her legs with an ace bandage around a board so she could not kick and squirm...or at least that was the thought, but we have such a fighter, that through the tears and screams, she managed to squirm so much, that board really didn't do much. On the first attempt, yes there was more than 1, it was unsuccessul. The radiologist was working to get the tube, about the size of a cooked piece of spaghetti, inside her bottom and after about 25 minutes, he told us he was unsuccessful - seriously she is a fighter. He suggested we let her calm down and then try again to where we stepped in as parents and said, "No, we'll let her calm down and also use sedation for Round 2!" we were not about to put her through that again. He agreed and we got sedation started. Initially we were told it would take about 2 minutes with the mask and then she'd be calmer and in a 'dream-like' state, but she ended up fighting her way through that as well :( It calmed her enough to be successful with the tube insertion, but she cried and fought the entire time.
Now that the tube was in, they started to insert the fluid into her colon and large intestine. The radiologist told us this was one of the worst cases he'd ever seen for a child of her age :( he put more CC's of the fluid in than normal, about 500 and then it was over...FINALLY! He warned us that when they take the tube out, things usually start coming out right away, but that was not the case in Mackenna. They said with her back up, it was ok it wasn't instant and to get her in a diaper and wait...We did just that and she wanted nothing to do with anyone, but her mama!!! She held her Minnie, dollie, blanket and me tightly and had a pretty upset face the whole time. She was hot, sweaty and had a head full of curls.
To make a long story short, it took close to an hour for Kenna to have her first dirty diaper and it wasn't the size they were hoping for. They wanted her to have one more before they did one more tummy x-ray to make sure things were doing what they were supposed to, so they suggested we grab lunch in the cafe and come back after her second diaper. She did have a second one while we were there, but again, not what they were hoping for. Nate and I were a little nervous at this point, but they assured us it was ok since she was just THAT backed up :( They did the final tummy x-ray and sent us on our way after almost 5 hours! (We thought it would be 2 max from what they told us).
We got in the car and not even a minute had gone by before we saw this...
She was exhausted, frankly, we ALL were! We got her home and were happy to say that by the end of the day she had had 7 dirty diapers! They were bigger each time and more productive, so we were happy to see that! She slowly got back to her normal self as the day went on, so we were thrilled to have our little girl back!
Now she's on Miralax to try and get her system regulated and more importantly her mental fear GONE! Hopefully from there we'll have a normal functioning punkin! We are also happy to report that we just received her results and they found no abnormalities in her colon and intestine...PHEW!!!! We are so happy that is over and are so so thankful that we have an otherwise very healthy little girl!
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