So Far So Good
For those of you who don’t know me, my son was diagnosed with Autism in June of 2004. We got him in to see a neurologist last week and he recommended we do some tests. So, last Tuesday night we traipsed off to Medical City Hospital in Dallas for an all night EEG.
That was about as fun as picking porcupine needles out of your butt. I felt so bad for the little guy. He had these electrodes attached all over his head, they were glued on tight because he had to sleep with them on. He had a long, long sock over all the wires and covering his head with a little area cut out for his face so he couldn’t get to the electrodes and pick them off.
Needless to say, he was pretty traumatized by the whole thing and let us know he didn’t like it one bit, screaming all the way. My wife and I had to hold him down while the nurse put the electrodes on, put a piece of gauze with a horrible smelling chemical glue over the electrode, and blow dry the gauze to set the glue. The bright spot that Tuesday evening was that he was tired out and went to sleep right afterwards at around 9 p.m.
Unfortunately for us, he woke up at 4:30 a.m. the following morning and wanted the electrodes off! We stayed in his room that night. I slept on a chair while my wife slept on the pull out bed they provide.
We kept him occupied all morning until 9 a.m. when they came in to remove the electrodes. He didn’t like that either…
Just before we left, his neurologist came in and told us the EEG was normal. Hooray!!!
Next Tuesday is the MRI. He’ll be sedated for that, and they’ll take some blood while he’s under for other tests.
