A trip to the hospital

In April, we went up to Primary Children's Hospital to have a vision test done under anesthesia. They basically put a contact lens on Parker's eye and tested his response rate. It is always a scary thing to explain to a child that they will be put to sleep. The first time we told Parker, he immediately went to my mom and told her that it was a bad idea. He wasn't happy about it. Luckily, we had time to prepare him for what was to come. His cute friends brought him presents to help him be brave.

Primary Children's is amazing and they were so good about everything. They gave him a fire engine, let him ride to the operating room in a fire engine, and had him blow bubbles to practice breathing through a mask. What made him mad? The hospital clothes (and he didn't even have the awful gown that most patients get!). He was fine with everything else except for having to wear hospital clothes.

Luckily, he responded well to anesthesia and we were able to get the results. His optic nerve was pale and he has a delayed response rate to the stimuli...so we were sent on our way for the next test.