So once we finally got home last night I totally thought it was Friday and I was hoping to catch the rerun of Grey's b/c I forgot to tape it on Thursday...it turns out it was actually Monday.
So back to Eva, we got to the hospital at 11am we got Eva all checked in, got her changed in her cute little two piece hospital outfit (complete with red grip socks) and waited, and waited and waited. Then the nurse had me give Eva the meds that make her feel loopy. That was totally awesome- this is the proper way to watch your child on drugs. Totally hilarious.
Then the nurse comes back and tells us that radiology had us down for 1:30pm not 12:30pm...so we had to wait another hour!!! Try explaining that to a four year old, on drugs!
Anyway, she eventually got in and eventually was in recovery and eventually made it back to her room. During all this time my parents had Elle down in the waiting room and they were keeping her occupied. THANK YOU SO MUCH MOM AND DAD!! I can not believe what a difference that made, I can't even imagine if we would have had to have her the whole time...I had a lot of friends volunteer to take her (what can I say, she's a doll) but I would have been worried about her all day, it was much easier to let my parents be the sweet grandparents that they are.
Long story short, we were there from 11am till 4pm! Elle didn't cry or complain once! That is truly a miracle...she even fell asleep in her stroller, that girl has NEVER done that, not even as a baby. Eva did great, she was very brave and strong. I'm very thankful for all the prayers, Eva was relaxed and even a little excited and Elle was an angel! We even went out to eat at Denny's afterwards and the waiter said how amazing our kids were and the were so good and quiet...I laughed...out loud...trust me Elle is not quiet...usually, but I totally just took it in, I was like, "Oh thank you so much, they are really good girls, aren't they?"
So after that we got home around 5:15pm and I left for class at 5:30pm...took my final..yikes, that's all I'm going to say. But I did find out that I got a B+ on my midterm so I'm hoping that my grade will even out...I'd take a C.
**And for those of you who aren't aware...I had a few comments of people who didn't know what was going on...Eva has had three seizures this year, she had her first one about a week or two after her 4th birthday, then another 3 months later, after that we went to the pediatric neurologist in Eugene and he said after her third one he wanted to do a MRI just to make sure there wasn't anything going on and then he would also be putting her on medication. She had her third one right after Halloween I think, I don't really remember. Anyway, so she's been on medication since then and she finally had the MRI yesterday. So that's what's going on with her.
On a completely different note, the nurse at the hospital asked if I was in the medical field, I was like, whaaaaat? Here's the convo:
Nurse: Are you in the medical field?
Me: (laugh- then point to myself) Me? (then realizing she was being serious)
Nurse: Yes, you seem very knowledgeable and comfortable with everything going on.
Me: Well, the first time she had a seizure it was so scary and overwhelming that I kind of just got used to it. I feel like I have to know what's going on.
Nurse: Yeah, I bet that was so scary, no one can prepare for something like that. (nurse walks away)
Me: Yeah, I went to the medical school of I-haven't-even-graduated-college.
Jeremy: (laughs)
Me: I'm totally going home and writing that in my diary, she thought I was in the medical field...how good does that make me feel!
4 comments:
I am glad that's things went well at the hospital.
I had seizures when I was 4 or 5. I was on med's and I grew out of them and I had all the test's.
I hope that she grows out of her seizures.
i haven't been on in a while so i didn't know you were going for her MRI. i am glad you had one of those days where things went right, they were as calm as they can be. I sure hope all goes well with the results. good luck. we love you all!!
I am glad it all went well. And thanks for the update.
Keep us posted as to what they find if anything. Remember Jess was on meds until the 6th grade, but there are no residual effects. Chances are good that she will outgrow this. But it sure makes for stressful times, I know I have been there. I remember Jess having her MRI. But I hated the EEG's worse.
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