CT guided liver biopsy today at St. Mark's Hospital. It's sad when the receptionist at the outpatient desk recognizes you when you come in. This is my third day in the last week that I have been through here... There was a little bit of confusion at first on the test I was there to have done. Apparently the lab didn't inform someone that I was coming in so they weren't quite ready for me at first. Finally they took me back and hooked me up to all sorts of monitors to monitor my vital signs and had me sign all kinds of consent forms. With this method of biopsy they numbed me up some, gave me some type of drug some that I would be conscious, but not really feel much. They did a CT scan of my liver so they could mark the spot where the tumor is located so they can position the needle in the correct spot. Once they marked the spot, they did another quick CT scan to make sure the positioning was right and then inserted a long needle just under my right breast, into the liver to extract some of the tumor cells. After that I was taken back to the recovery room to be monitored for about the next 4 hours. They brought me a turkey sandwich and some soup for lunch since I had been able to eat yet at all since midnight. Unfortunately as it got close to my dismissal time, my left hip and leg started really hurting again. I tried changing my position a little, but could only move so much with everything I was hooked up to. The nurse noticed the pain I was in and had been left with instructions that she could give me some pain medication. So I agreed to take some and then I was free to go. We got home early afternoon.

With all of the drugs that were put into my system for the liver biopsy we decided that I needed to not breastfeed MJ at all that day and night until everything was out of my system. It was really hard because she loves the comfort that comes from her feedings. DH got her to bed that night and then got up with her when she woke up in the middle of the night. She was not at all happy to see him! He took her downstairs and forced some milk from a cup into her. Finally after struggling with her he managed to get her calmed down and then he put her back to bed. She immediately started screaming and cried probably for a good hour or so before she finally went back to sleep. Amazingly Kay and the other kids sleeping next door somehow slept through all of it.