It’s over. The bone marrow biopsy is finished.
So we wait.
Cee was a champ through everything. Before the procedure she got some “I don’t care” medicine in her IV. David, my mom, and I were there. Cee figured out how to cross her fingers and smiled a lot as she stared at us. It was a fun time. I wish I could see how we looked to her, because she thought we were hilarious.
At one point she panicked, though, “I don’t remember how to stare, Mom!” I replied, “Just look, honey, just look.” It was so good to see her smile, even it it was a little drug induced. Thinking her “I don’t care” medicine might be like truth serum, I asked her if she only wants to watch Dora because I don’t like it, and she said yes. HA! I knew it. I also asked if Elle really was the one who cut Cee’s hair a few months back. She was.
The procedure lasted like 15 minutes, so it was over fast, and she came out of anesthesia pretty quickly and in a cheerful mood. The nurse had talked her into having a root beer float afterwards, but they were out of root beer. Since Cee doesn’t really ever have pop, she didn’t even realize she had a Diet Pepsi float instead.
Stephanie and my mom have been here so we can all switch off between watching the kids at the hotel and being with Cee, but they’ll be leaving tomorrow morning. After talking to the doctor, it isn’t recommended that we bring 2 week old Moe to the hospital. It isn’t wise to expose him to everything that’s there. So we made the very hard decision to send Elle and Moe back to Iowa. They will be fine, but David and I are going to have a really hard time without them. What will we do without Elle and her imaginary umbrella or Moe and his dimples?
We’re very, very grateful for the sacrifices our extended family has made to take care of our little family.
Tentative results from the test will be available in 24 hours. More official results will be available in 3-4 days.
And so we wait.
It’s hard to know what to do. This might be our last day before everything changes forever. On the one hand, we need to be packing so we can move from the hotel to the hospital. On the other hand, we want to spend every minute with Moe and Elle. On the third hand, staring blankly into space is about all that feels good. No wonder Cee was upset when she forgot how to stare.