Judah was pretty grumpy this afternoon, with quite a few bit of intrusion into his little world. He didn’t like anyone doing anything to him, but he didn’t have a choice, so instead he expressed his displeasure at everyone and everything.

But I feel like our prayers were answered as he had to have the contrast fluid put into his stomach four different times, and two of those times he slept through it completely, not even aware anything was done. The other two times were a different story. Fortunately he didn’t have to have as much of it, and he only threw up a tiny bit of it once.

Finally it was time for him to go to the scan. A red wagon was his wheels, and he was tucked in with pillows and a blanket. He wasn’t happy about the transport, but he endured it pretty well. Once we got to the CT scan room, I lifted him up to the narrow table. Again, he was fussy. But a moment later the nurse handed him a blue plastic ray gun with swirling lights and a cool sound, and Judah instantly smiled. He laid perfectly still and squeezed that noisy, flashing gun the whole time. When the test was finally over, I lifted him back into the wagon, and he was immediately fussy again. But I didn’t care. He had done such a good job holding still for the test.

On the way back to our room, Judah expressed an interest in going to the play room, so the nurse wheeled him directly there. We had fun in there for a bit, playing with some dominoes and a green lighted whirlygig thing, until Judah suddenly needed the potty. That was the end of the playroom, so now we are back in our own room, and I’m so glad to have the whole CT scan thing done. What a project!