The night nurse woke us up before sunrise. Having had only four hours of rest, we were up and again grumpy and whiny. We attempted to keep each other awake with nudges back and forth. After breakfast and freshening up, Erica wanted to soak her feet in warm water. She soaked feet and started reading a good book. Then she sat up and yelled, "Button! Button!". I pressed the alert button and she had a pretty intense seizure. While she was recovering, her neurologists arrived and said she could sleep as long as she needed. They had gotten the information they needed from the four seizures they have observed and recorded. Sleep deprivation was terminated, medications were started up again, and we were told we could be discharged tomorrow (Friday). Quite literally, Erica was asleep within 30 seconds of the doctors leaving and slept for about 4 hours. I even got a nap in! Today has been a great day for resting.
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| EEG Monitoring during normal brain activity |
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| Ahh...sleep at last! |
We've been watching the news regarding the heat wave in Northern Colorado. We are so glad that we haven't had to deal with the hot temperatures at school. Because of the unprecedented heat and inability to cool temperatures at night, school has been cancelled for tomorrow. I think this is a first for our school district. I'm starting to really like our new superintendent! As a result, we arranged for Sam to have a sleepover with a friend (thanks Trish!) so that Carl can work tomorrow. Sounds like he'll get to go fishing! Looking forward to seeing him tomorrow. We are missing him so much!
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