I'm freaking out a little bit about tomorrow, and also dreading it. Tomorrow Sweet Pea is having the EEG that will test for the micro-seizures. When the psychiatrist told us that he wanted Sweet Pea to have an EEG, he said that it was no big deal and that it would only take about 30 minutes, so I wasn't really worried about it at all. Then the pediatrician (who actually scheduled the test) called...
Sweet Pea is having her EEG tomorrow at 2:00. I have to get her up between 3:00 and 4:00 am and she cannot go back to sleep, because she needs to be exhausted for the test. They will do part of the test while she is awake, talking and looking at some stuff and then there is also a portion where she has to be asleep. I am a little freaked out by the test now--it seems like a much bigger deal. I am also REALLY dreading getting up at 3:30 tomorrow morning.
Thankfully, BCFG is being really cool. We didn't find out that the test was scheduled until Friday, and since today is Memorial Day, we didn't have a lot of time to plan things. I'm sure that The Husband would be fine taking Sweet Pea to this test, but this is one thing that I NEEDED to go to. I called Mr. X on his cell phone on Friday afternoon and he said that it would be fine if I took a sick day. We are keeping Sweet Pea home from school all day tomorrow because I don't think it would be fair to Mrs. B. to send her to school. She's probably going to be really grumpy and since it's the end of school, they have been watching lots of movies and it's too much to ask Mrs. B. to keep her awake.
So, wish us lots of luck tomorrow. We hope that Sweet Pea is seizure free (the most important), but I'm also hoping we survive getting up that early.
Of course we will be thinking about you, but it really isn't that big a deal. Of course, I went through all my EEG's as an adult, and I'm sure it's a bit scarier as a child, but it will all go fine and it's very easy. I think it's good that she'll be exhausted - that should make it far less stressful on her.
ReplyDeleteDon't worry - she'll do wonderfully - and then you can both take naps :)