Pediatric Neurologoy Appt Day 1

We had our Pediatric Neurology appointment yesterday and she is sending him for an MRI today. That is scheduled for after school today.

The neurologist thinks it is migraines but with his age, and no history of migraines with Charlie and I, they are sporadic with no definite triggers, and with them coming on during physical exertion she wants to get an MRI. Also he had gotten hit in the head a couple months ago at baseball practice with a baseball pretty hard (I don't know what the coach was thinking having him catch without gear on) and he had a headache for a couple days and sore spot there for a couple weeks. I had told her that and she wanted to check to see if that also could have had any affects.

Also, the other reason for the MRI is she had said she would want to put him on medication for his migraines but the meds are for blood vessels inside the brain and if there is anything in there that shouldn't be, it would cause more damage or problems, so before prescibing any meds for migraines she has to be sure the MRI is clear. I don't like the idea of having him on medication daily but that will be something we will have to discuss. He has come to mange them himself when the mild cluster ones come on at school.

So we are on the right track and the MRI is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon at 3. I am very nervous for that as I haven't even had one of those. Braedyn is very scared. I found a video on YouTube that explains the procedure very niceley except for the needle/iv part of course. He hates needles! In fact, one time we took him for a flu shot and when the nurse opended the door to come in he bolted out the door screaming, "get me outta here". So just praying tomorrow goes smoothly and he is able to get thru the MRI and that the MRI is clear!

We have the follow up to go over the results Wed. the day before Thanksgiving but they said they would call us sooner if needed. So in other words no news would be good news.

I will let you know how tomorrow goes. My girlfriend is meeting me in Durham on the way to the appt to pick up Jordan and Cooper and bring them to her houseso I can concentrate on just Braedyn. Then I will just go get them when we are done.

I appreciate your thoughts and concerns! Hoping for the best result and we can give him some relief when they do come otherwise he is just as normal, playful, and busy just like every 8 year old boy and sometimes doesn't want to stop playing until it just gets to painful.  I don't like that we have to deal with this but it could be worse!