The other weather cat indicates the snow has stopped falling- for now
Once we took him to the procedure room, he was clinging to me and screaming. Then it took a couple of failed tries in the right nostril, more cotton/lidocaine in the left nostril, and a final successful placement of the probe on that side. Sidenote: if you can avoid having to do a pH probe, I highly recommend avoiding it. Frankly, it sucks.
The "better" part is that Nolan calmed down while we were trying to place it and actually listened to the nurse practitioner telling him to swallow. He would cry, gulp, cry, gulp, and finally the probe was taped in place. We were done, and I could retrieve my boy from the
The nurse told him he could have three stickers for being such a good boy. She held up three fingers, and Nolan immediately brightened. He held up his fingers in a similar configuration and said, "This many?" She nodded, and he squealed with glee. THe traditional "three" used by most people is the sign language number for six. Of course, he raided the sticker box and took six stickers- the nursing staff cracked up once I explained the whole "six vs. three" thing.
It was an easy drive home, with no gagging or choking this time. The nurse practitioner pulled the probe up a bit, so it is not right on his gag reflex. Mighty nice of her, I might add.
Watching How to Train Your DragonWe will return the probe tomorrow, and determine if Tuesday's supraglottoplasty surgery is a go/no-go for launch.
1 comment:
Look at all that snow! (My boys are insanely jealous.)
And he looks so cozy, watching the movie, but a bit suspicious, too. Poor little guy.
Love the 3/6 communication. Do you think he was working that just a bit? (He deserves all the stickers he wants!)
And Leah, totally off topic here, but since we were talking books, here are a couple of great resources:
Honey for a Child's Heart by Gladys Hunt. This book is worth owning (and easy to find used on Amazon/Alibris). Much of the book is lists of book recommendations for kids. Awesome.
The Sonlight catalog. Sonlight is a homeschool curriculum company that is literature-based. They'll send you their catalog for free (and you can easily find them online). It's full of WONDERFUL book recommendations, with a lot of historical fiction. The only bummer is, they seem to have quite a few books on their list that I'm guessing they publish themselves (?) and aren't easy to get from the library. Even with that caveat, the catalog is worth having :D
In our town I can browse the library's catalog from home (linked to all branches in our county) and "order" books I want, for pick up at my nearest branch. Sweet!
Hope that helps,
Julie
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