EEG

Maggie had her EEG this afternoon.  In order for the test to be accurate, she must be sleep deprived.  Last night we kept her up until about 11pm, and Robin got her up at 6am this morning when he got up.  She normally sleeps from 7pm to 8am.  The drive to the hospital is about 25 miles, so Robin had to go with me in order to keep her awake.

She did so well during the test.  She didn't even try to touch any of the wires they put on her head, and she fell asleep during the test.  I brought her sleep sack, pacifier and a lovey to help her sleep.  There is a lot of construction at the hospital, so all through the test there was someone just above us banging on a metal pipe.  Nice.  I don't know how it affected the results, but it certainly didn't affect her sleep.

First they mark her head up with a marker.  Then they attach all of these wires to her head using some goop and a small piece of gauze.  They also put two wires on her chest to monitor her heart rate.

Then they wrap her head with gauze.

Once they're ready to start the test, the technician turns off the lights and puts that small light in the picture below in front of her face.  It's a strobe light that goes off several times - maybe 10 times - with the speed increasing each time.  Then they move it away and hope she goes to sleep.  Maggie seemed to like the strobe light.

 After the test, they remove the gauze.

All at once they pull off all the wires.

They know she has an appointment with the neurologist tomorrow, so they're supposed to read the EEG today.  Hopefully that happens.