Ashtons Day

Ashton and his nurse making his buddy a face.




Ashton still happy and helping with the buddy.




Ashton putting the fishies in his fish bowl.




Ashtons new outfit....like it?




Ashton on the way home. Jaxon is such a good big brother, he is so protective over his little brother.

Well today started out good, we arrived at Mckay at 7:30 on the dot this morning. The girls that were there were awesome. They weighed Ashton and he weighs a whopping 41 lbs and was 44 and half inches tall. We then were introduced to Ashton's buddy that would be with him forever. Ashton and the nurse drew a face on him and gave him hair and toes. They then named him "Mr Hospital Man", I know original right! After that we talked with Ashton about what was going to happen. They decided to wait on the IV until after the echo and put in a movie for him on a little dvd thing and he watched Wonder Pets. Ashton did so good during the echo, he was quiet and held still the entire time. After that they put in his IV, I thought for sure this would be a nightmare, but Ashton did great, he didn't cry and he held still again. After that we made our way down stairs to the MRI area. This is where the fun began....NOT!!! Ashton was given a medication to help him relax and that it did. After that the sedation medication was given, but it didn't work, so another was given and still didn't work, so another. After 3 he was finally asleep, well atleast we thought. We took him over the big machine and I got to go in with him. He did great for the first 20 mins and then all of sudden he wakes up thrashing things everywhere, pulled of his oxygen, almost pulled out his IV and was just hysterical. It took 5 of us to get him calmed down and they had to page the attending Physician who happens to be Ashtons original pediatrician. They gave him medicine to calm him, but it didn't work. He cried, screamed, kicked and everything for an entire hour and finally calmed down. What happened is Ashton had a reaction to the medication and it did opposite of what it does to most people. He is doing better now, still really out of it and not walking good at all. We don't know the results yet, I know the ECHO ended up being okay, but the cardiologist hadn't reviewed it and will give us the final word. I have NO CLUE on the MRI. I hate the waiting game, it sucks! The nurses up there were amazing and I never did get to tell them thank you, they were soooooooo good with Ashton, they kept him calm and loved on him just like a Mom does, they sang him songs, read him books and brought him treats.