More Medical Updates

Sorry for the lack of update yesterday. The day proved to be pure insanity.

We had the neurologist appointment at 9am. She was very nice and spent over to an hour with us. She said Dougie was one of the most alert babies she had seen at this age. Our video wasn't a lot of help to her but she was very impressed with our log of his episodes. She wasn't able to give me any definite indicate as to what the problem was but she did list off a couple of options. As expected, she ordered tests. What wasn't expected was that the test was yesterday afternoon.

So, Dougie and I had about 45 minutes after we left the office to get ourselves packed up and ready for this 12 hour EEG. First, we called Scott. His plan was to get on the first flight he could back home and meet us up at the center. He wouldn't be able to be there at the beginning but with 12 hours of testing, he'd still be a lot of help once he arrived. Next, we packed up jammies, fed the puppies and got ourselves en route to Plano.

The test was done at the Pediatric Sleep Institute. It was a really nice facility. They were running a bit behind but we had been "fit" into the schedule so we were just appreciative to be able to get in so quickly. We managed to get Dougie all hooked up to the monitors and though he didn't appreciate the process, once it was finished, he was fine with his setup. He only pulled at the cords a few times and the head wrap a few times. Scott managed to get there a bit after 4 so he was there for most of the testing.

We waited... and waited... Little Dougie decided that perhaps he wouldn't spasm. You can imagine how impressed we were. Finally, with only an hour to go before the testing finished, he had an episode of 2 small spasms. I've never been so happy to see him do that. With that, we all went to sleep. The center allowed us to stay until morning even though our testing finished around 1:30am. They said it was safer than driving home that late. We were on the road home by 6am to avoid traffic. As you can imagine, we're all a bit tired.

So, now we wait again. We're going to call the neurologist this morning and find out about the MRI. We're also going to see how long it will take to know something. My hope is that we'll hear today but it's certainly possible that we won't hear anything for a little while. In the meantime, we're working hard to get the glue out of Dougie's hair.

Thanks for all the positive thoughts. We all really appreciate it.