Off to the hospital we went! Part 2

We got back in a room and they came in and put his IV in. I was so worried about the whole IV thing. Would they numb it? Would I be able to stay in the room? Would I have to hold him down? So many things running through my head! I started crying because I was worried about everything and as soon as they started to wrap him up (like a burrito...they tucked one arm underneath a sheet and wrapped him as if he were a newborn so it would be harder for him to jerk around) mommy mode kicked in and I was fine. I just talked to him made him look me in the eyes and told him how big he was and that it was all going to be over soon....poor baby! I was really impressed thought because just one big stick later, they were done and taping it up. He just let out one big scream and stayed calm after that! I hate that he had to go through that! They took some blood from him and said that we would have the results soon. SOON?! About an hour later, the nurse came in the room to check on us and we asked her how long it would be until we got the results back and she said, "It shouldn't be too long. All of the blood that is sent from the ER is labeled STAT so that it comes back quickly. It shouldn't be too much longer." 3 HOURS later the dr finally comes in the room and tells us that the blood work came back normal. They wanted to do a CAT SCAN to see what his appendix looked like and that would give them a better picture of what needs to be done. About 30 minutes later, they came in and took us to CT. B was such a big boy! We had to promise to get him some ice cream as soon as the dr said it would be ok! He just laid there and did such a good job. When they got the results, they said that the appendix did not look sick but there was some inflammation around it so they wanted to go ahead and admit him for observation. We did not get into our room until 9:00am Thursday moring! Luckily B slept most of the time in the ER. After we got to his room, we just slept as much as we could! B was so ready to go home and they still were not letting him eat or drink anything at this point. They started some fluids and that took the hunger away for a while. Finally about 7:30 that evening, they let him eat. He finally got his ice cream. Then after that, everytime a dr came in to see him or he had to do something for someone, he always asked for ice cream. He was pretty spoiled in the hospital. That explains why he is acting the way he is acting now!
By Friday afternoon, the pain was gone from his abdomen and was in his right hip. This concerned the drs so they wanted to do a CT on his hip. About an hour later, they told me that they were going to do an MRI and that he would need to be sedated. He has to remain still for this test so that was the only way they could do it. Instead of going to sleep, he was loopy!!! He thought things were moving. He would look at me and smile real big at me and just start laughing like someone was tickling him! He would tell me that the lights were moving and he was just so funny. They attempted to do the MRI and he kept moving and looking back at me to see if I was still nearby. If you have never been in and MRI machine, it makes very loud noises. Noises that should really scare a 3 year old. They even give you ear plugs because they are so loud. It did not bother B at all! He tried touching the top of the machine. He even started dancing to the loud noises at one point! I thought it was pretty entertaining....the dr's weren't very thrilled! He started immitating the noises....I could go on and on. I wish I had a video camera with me! It was so stinking cute! I am just glad he didn't climb out of the thing! They gave up and let us go back to our room. They decided that nothing else could be done and we were discharged at 8pm Friday night! Hallelujah!!!!! I was thrilled to be going home! Little did I know what would be waiting for me!
I guess the medicine just made B feel angry. He would get mad at the smallest thing. He would cry and cry for nothing. He was so exhausted and just could not go to sleep. The MRI guy that took us back to our room told me that B would sleep for the rest of the afternoon because of that medicine. HE DID NOT sleep until 10 that night! Even throughout the weekend, he acted really out of sorts. Finally yesterday, he started acting normal again. It was kind of a scary experience. I don't want to go through that again for a long time.