Ongoing Tests for Luke - Today The MRI!

If you've been following along you know that Luke is my special needs son. He is a true blessing and joy to our family and everyone that meets him just falls in love! His mom, @findingjoy , is very diligent to take care of him and to chase down all leads for finding all the medical information possible to know better how to help Luke.

Over the last year Luke has regressed in all areas of life. He talks less, sleeps less, drinks less, eats less. He lives more "to himself". Often he just stands and stares. Since most of this regression has happened starting in January 2017 when he was hospitalized with pneumonia, we are exploring the possibility of changes in his brain. There's only one way to know... the MRI.

Enough questions have been asked about Luke's brain that we figured it was time to just get the test to give the answers needed. We tried initially today to do the test without sedation, but it was just too hard to sit still for the 20 to 30 minutes needed for the scan. Reluctantly mama gave in and agreed to the sedation medicines. Here is Luke on his way into the room to go to sleep 😷 😴

Luke handled the test and recovery like a champ! He was up and ready very quickly after the procedure. The docs said he did great! He was very thirsty right away. It didn't take long for him to finish 4 cups of apple juice! I bet after all that those cups of juice tasted great.

It's kinda funny too that Luke was a bit smiley and giggly about 30 minutes after waking up. I wonder if he thought it was all funny or if it was just the drugs wearing off? We asked him what that was attached to his hand so he picked up the end of the tube and looked into it and giggled.

His number one request when we left was a soda. So we stopped on the way home and had some french fries and soda.

Thank you for all the prayers and well wishes from those of you who saw this on Instagram and Facebook! You are a very encouraging and loving group.

This is us just minutes ago. Luke looks fantastic! Dad has a bit of red nose due to the continued battle with allergies. The photo is slightly blurry, sorry.

Thank you for sharing this time with me!
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