Update on Casts and MRI

Olivia was scheduled to have her MRI on Thursday April 8th at Mat-Su Regional which is just up the road from us. I wanted to have it there because that is where she has had all of her procedures done, where she was born and where I felt the most comfortable. Well, less than a week before her MRI we get a phone call from Mat-Su saying that they don't do sedation on babies under the age of 6 months which meant no MRI at Mat-Su...why didn't they say anything when we first scheduled the appointment?? SO I called the Dr. and let them know that if we had to have it in Anchorage it would have to be a Providence because that is where our Insurance prefers, so we are scheduled for April 20th and I am still scared to death! Providence has an excellent pediatric care unit if anything happens she will be there (please pray nothing happens!) and they also have pediatric anestheologists so they are used to sedating babies, that makes me feel a little better. I will update after we get home on Tuesday on how everything went. I am really hoping they have something they can give her in her bottle or to drink that will make her sleepy instead of an IV :(
Alright now onto the casts. Last Friday we were able to take her casts off because she had an appointment that morning to have her feet looked at. When we removed her right cast we were shocked at how straight her feet were! They looked so good! Her left foot was looking much better too! When we took her in to the Dr. he was suprised by how fast her feet moved back and said she didn't even need a cast on her right leg just to stretch it and keep an eye on it. (remember we were told at least 5 weeks of casting) He casted her right foot and scheduled an appointment that afternoon to be measured for her brace. So far so good! On Monday she goes back in to have her feet looked at again so she gets her left cast off and a good hot bath! I am praying she can keep that cast off and go right to her brace (which is in and ready to be fitted and picked up!) and that she doesn't have to have her right leg casted again. So excited at how fast this is going for her :) Please keep her in your prayers!!