MRI

Neither Jody or I have ever had to have an MRI, so when Emma had to have one done recently, we had no idea what to tell her.  We looked up the hospital where she was having the MRI and found pictures and were able to explain to her about the whole process.  Click here for more information about the MRI that Emma had done.   As I said before we decided not to sedate her for the test, so we wanted to make sure she knew what was going on and that there was nothing to be afraid of!  In this particular MRI, she was able to watch a dvd for the duration of the test, about 30 minutes.

Here she is picking out her dvd...

still choosing...

final choice, High School Musical 2 (which is what Jody and I had thought she'd pick anyway)!

We had to remove all jewelry/metal objects, watches, phones, cameras, etc. before entering the room with the MRI because the machine is always on!  They even waved us with metal detectors before we entered the room just as a last minute precaution, so I wasn't able to take pictures before or during the MRI.

But here she is after she was all done!

They even gave her a special prize for holding so still!!!  We were very proud of our Emma and all the tests she's had to endure the past few weeks, great job Emma!!!