Another MRI?!

Carter singing to Mom and Dad

A couple of weeks ago when we had talked to the doctors about Carter’s droopy eyelids, we also mentioned that they sometimes seemed to be going cross-eyed too. We figured this was also probably a side effect of the chemo, or maybe even cross-eyed from the droopiness. The ophthalmologist said he didn’t notice his eyes being cross-eyed, but he did make note of the droopiness of his left eyelid. Well, since we had a little break from chemo last week, the droopiness of Carter’s eyes did get much better. However, this made Matt and I notice the left eye being even more cross-eyed than we had noticed when the lid was droopy. We brought it up to the doctors again when we came into the hospital on Monday afternoon. They discussed it with the neurology group, and would like to have an MRI done of Carter’s brain tomorrow to rule out anything unusual. Ugh! Carter cannot eat or drink anything after midnight tonight, and sometime tomorrow (we’re hoping early in the morning) they will put him under general for an MRI. Nothing about this process is easy! Please keep good thoughts and prayers that everything is going to be clear with Carter’s brain, and that this is indeed a side effect of the chemo treatment (which will hopefully clear up fine post-chemotherapy).

The good news is Carter was feeling and acting great today. He ate four cups of pears and a few bags of pretzels, and munched on a couple other things here and there. The music therapist came back to visit (I’m sure apprehensively after Carter’s scene when he was leaving yesterday). But Carter did great today and had so much fun singing and playing instruments with him.

Obviously, it doesn’t look like we’ll be going home tomorrow now. We’re just hoping for a clear scan tomorrow and we’ll be discharged on Friday morning. Keep your fingers crossed!