biopsy

The muscle biopsy.

Another early morning awaiting anesthesia.  We woke up around 4 to give Bentley some fluids prior to surgery.  Arrived at Children's around 530 to a spunky little kid who was exstatic about getting pins removed from his arm.  For real though.  He was so excited because "they are going to fix me."  It was funny.  This kid was running around the waiting room barefoot and still in his pj's.  I miss those days.

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Bentley was actually happy as could be.  She was in a great mood.  A little sleepy, but happy because I slept in her room with her that night:)  We were pumped at the thought Bentley was the first case of the day.  However, we didn't realize they start later on Tuesdays, so cut-time was scheduled for 745.  It's a good thing we were there so early (sarcasm).  Let's be honest, the problem isn't the wait.  The problem is we were hungry!  

The anesthesiologist came by while we were waiting, he was a goofy guy.  The perfect doc for a Children's Hospital.  I think we could be friends.

Well, they finally did come take Bentley from us.  It was kind of sweet though, because the nurse just carried her away.  He didn't put her on a stretcher or anything.  It just kind of made it feel like they cared a little more.  The procedure went well.  It really didn't take all that long.  The only hangup came in recovery.  Bentley likes Diprivan.  She was really enjoying the sleep it gave her and didn't want to wake up.  We had to hangout another hour or so to make sure she was breathing well and alert and all.  No worries.  The recovery nurse was great.  She is awaiting the return of her husband who has been in Afghanistan for almost a year.  He is in the Army.  

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Bentley's been a champ with her incision.  She's shown no signs of pain or soreness. She's so tuff.  Must be a Bryant.  Now we just wait for the results.  Like I may have said previously, we have a month or five to wait for results.  The samples were going to be sent to Cincinnati and Duke.  I guess they are a little backed up.  We are still learning more about cochlear implants.  Bentley starts speech therapy in a couple of weeks.  Our Hand In Hand therapist made us a resonance board for Bentley to play on.  She is awesome (the therapist).  When you put Bentley on it and tap it she can feel the vibrations.  It's really cool.  Lots of learning potential with it.  Thanks Hand in Hand.  The Bell Center is still going great.  Don't forget about the corn-hole tourney at Avondale on April 27th.

I also wanted to add, if anyone has a question please don't hesitate to ask.  It's not awkward, or weird, or emotional, or going to make us cry.  If your kid had hearing aids I would not hesitate to ask a thousand questions.  So don't worry about asking us anything.  We love talking about it.  Thanks for the continued prayers.  CT scan in May.  later taters.