So, Maggie had her 6 month checkup at the hemonc. clinic yesterday. The nurses and her doctor were very excited to see her since it had been so long. They couldn't believe how much she had grown! Luckily, when they needed to draw labs, they went ahead and put in the IV they knew she would need for her MRI. Also, they had this very cool new tool they used to help them find a good vein for Maggie. It looked like a hand scanner and when they held it over Maggie's skin, they could easily tell which veins would work and which of them wouldn't. It worked so well, they only had to stick her once. She did really well with it, too. She wanted to sit up while they did it and only cried a little when they actually put the needle in. Dr. Lewing also did a physical exam and said her liver felt like a normal size.
After we finished in hemonc., we headed to radiology for her MRI. The waiting room was so packed, I wasn't sure we'd even find a seat!! Once they called us back, they only had to do the whole discussion of the procedure and the medicines they'd be using to put her to sleep since the IV was already in for them. The MRI took about an hour and a half. In fact, when they came and got me, Maggie was still asleep! She woke up within a few minutes though. She was very talkative, floppy, and wobbly, too!! She was able to keep some Sprite down and ate a whole snack bag of Teddy grahams (that girl was hungry by 3:00 because she hadn't eaten anything since the night before), so we were able to leave.
The one thing Maggie really wanted to do, that I had promised her we would do, is go to Nana and Papa's house afterwards. So, we did. Needless to say, she was still pretty groggy and wobbly. She fought us on it, but she finally took a nap to help the medicine wear off a little bit. She slept for 2 1/2 hours. When she woke up, she was still wobbly! I wanted to videotape her so bad because she looked like she had been drinking, but I thought that might be a little cruel! :) After her nap, she was also very hungry!! She ate ham, green beans, bread, chips, and 2 bowls of watermelon!
While we were at Nana and Papa's house, Dr. Lewing called to let us know the test results. She said, "Good news. Everything is normal." At first I wasn't sure if she meant the lab results or the MRI. She said she meant both. Then, I thought she meant that there weren't any new lesions on Maggie's liver and that it was stable. I was wrong. She told me that Maggie's liver is completely normal and that she has absolutely no lesions left on it at all!!!!! I couldn't believe my ears! We knew they'd go away eventually, but we thought it would take years yet. I've never been so happy to be wrong! These results mean we do not need to go back to hemonc. or have any other MRI's done!!
God has blessed our family and our Maggie! Thank you all so much for every prayer!
