Judy and the MRI

 

Four times.  Four MRIs.  One success.

 

Last month, the ortho ordered an MRI on her sore shoulder.  Judy doesn’t do MRIs.  She’s a claustrophobe.  Over the years, we’ve tried the MRI stone cold sober.  That didn’t work.  We tried the open MRI once, with a Valium, before the second shoulder surgery.  An open MRI is not open enough.  One Valium is not enough.  For the third shoulder surgery, she tried the MRI with two Valium.  Score: Valium 0, adrenaline 1.  It’s getting worse.  Every previous time she’s gotten shoulder surgery they’ve had to do it without an MRI first to let them know what to expect when they get inside.

 

This time she tried the MRI with general anesthetic.  It was an all-day process, and she slept through the afternoon, evening, and night afterwards, but ding ding ding, we got it done.  We’re claiming Judy conquered the MRI!

 

Next week she gets to find out what the doctor thinks about her shoulder.