minneapolis trip

Last Thursday Matthew, Finley and I headed down to Minneapolis to see Dr. Rimell, a pediatric ear, nose and throat doctor. He checked out Finn's old CT scan, felt the lump on his neck and ordered a new CT scan.

Here is Finley waiting for Dr. Rimell. He had fun spinning on this chair.


Still on the chair spinning.


This is the face I got when I told him to smile.


Quick family picture.


For the CT scan we went to the University of Minnesota Children's Hospital. In the pediatric x-ray waiting room they had a little child-size CT scanner that you can "practice" on before they go in. Finley put some babies on the bed and pushed them in and out of the machine.


Here is Finley after getting the IV in for the sedation meds.


I hated to see this again, but it was much better at this hospital. You can tell that they do this all day long. They were so patient and understanding with Finn. We really appreciated that!


Here are a couple of goofy pictures of Finn waking up from the anesthesia. They didn't let him sleep long...after about 15 minutes they woke him up and started feeding him. It was 5 o'clock and he hadn't eaten since 8:30 that morning!


A silly anesthesia grin. After he woke up he ended up having 2-1/2 packs of Teddy Grahams a juice container and a carton of milk and still wanted more!


Matthew quickly showing Finn how the bed will go in the CT scanner and then come back out. He really wasn't impressed and turns out they didn't even try to do a CT with him awake.


After the CT, Dr. Rimell came in and told us that the lump was considerably smaller but that he still wasn't 100% sure what it was. He said to keep him on the antibiotics for another week and then take him off. If the lump goes away then it is a swollen lymph node. If it comes back it is most likely the branchial cleft anomaly. He has been on the antibiotics for the last week (A total of 5 weeks) and we will watch and wait from here. I've noticed that it is a little smaller and more mobile whereas before it was totally fixed and very firm. Stay tuned!