Tomorrow's MRI....

Looking ahead to tomorrow and thinking about Beau's MRI.  This will be his second MRI, his first one having been when he was only 17 months old.  The neurologist said that when the brain is that immature, it is hard to see certain things.  With the increased seizure activity and status seizure she wanted another MRI.  She believes that now that his brain is older, she will be able to see things more clearly.  Obviously we already know he has P-ACC, but she is fairly certain she is going to find cortical dysplasia.  We have mentally prepared ourselves for that but if the MRI shows something additional, I'm not sure how we'll react.  I guess we'll react like we have with everything else.  We'll listen, take it all in, ask questions and move forward.  After all, not matter what, God designed Beau's brain in such a rare and special way that it's made him an incredible and loving little boy.  The sedation team will meet with Beau around 9:40 AM tomorrow.  They will get him ready for the test, put him under anesthesia and then the MRI begins around 10:30.  They expect it will last until at least noon and then he'll be in recovery.  We are going to have one hungry little boy when he wakes up!  It will be a day or two before we'll get the results so we'll work on making it through tomorrow and worry about the results later.  If the neurologist doesn't see what she needs to see on the MRI, we will go back at a later date for a PET Scan. 

This photo is of Beau's brain at 17 months on MRI.  It will be interesting to see the difference in the image with the new MRI.  It's all in God's hands and we are just happy that we will be filling in some more pieces to Beau's medical puzzle. 
Beau will just be happy because he'll get to have a lazy day, we'll get him Subway when we leave the hospital AND he'll get a new car/truck toy as a present!  Prayers for a good day tomorrow!