Another MRI day

Originally posted: December 16, 2015

So today was a long day for MRI's. Derek had about an hour long T3 MRI. That scan will be superimposed with the contrast CT they did yesterday and they will map their treatment route. His 2nd MRI was about 2 hours.
That one was of his spine to look for any metastases. I'm sure they will have that read in the next couple days.
Derek's floor was visited by Mikko Koivu, our Captain non the less, and one of our goalies, Niklas Backstrom for the MN Wild! Derek was having his MRI at the time, but Kate got her picture taken with then and she was put on the MN Wild Instagram page. (Is it called a page? I don't instagram...). That was pretty exciting for Kate.
After Derek had rested, it is always slow to come out of 3+ hours of sedation, he and Kate decorated their gingerbread houses that was a craft that was delivered to the room yesterday. Already completed houses and the each had a cup of frosting and a bunch of fun candy item to decorate with. They had a blast sitting together, talking and decorating. Love that.
Derek was also todays winner of the 4th Day of Christmas present from the Ronald McDonald House. He won a stack of crafts! It has been a good day.