Topic: Prayers, please
Silveradogal's photo
Tue 12/29/09 05:45 PM
That is the best thing, he will be asleep and they will be able to get just what they need. All will be fine I just know it will be. Too many people and God on his side. Love and Prayers...:heart: flowerforyou


That is great news!..Poor lil guy has no idea what is in store for him tomorrow. I'm glad he is in a good mood watching his Elmo and giggleing and being happy tonight!..laugh laugh ..You are so very welcome!..flowerforyou


(((Nicole))flowerforyou , Great news hun. I will keep you and Christopher in my thoughts and prayers that all goes well. Please let us know how it goes tomorrow. I am so glad you are finally getting this done. :heart: flowerforyou ..Please give Christopher a HUG for me. :smile:

A quick update. Christopher has been on meds since he was in the ICU a few weeks back, thankfully he's only had one little seizure since then and it was because he slept right through a dose and missed it.

Tomorrow morning he goes in for the outpatient EEG, we have to be at the hospital at 6:45am. Hopefully all will go smoothly and we'll be home by the afternoon. The sedation is the tricky part since he is terrible about taking any sort of meds by mouth.



Thanks, Linda. I know it feels like an eternity since I've been trying to get this done. We should be home by early afternoon, I'll pop on and give an update then. Right now he's watching Elmo and giggling.
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I know, he goes in so happy and then they start picking at him. The worst part is the anesthesia, its risky for anyone. But thankfully he is so strong and healthy despite the special needs. At least he'll be asleep and they should be able to get a good reading and be able to track the brain waves.

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Tue 12/29/09 05:53 PM
Thanks, Linda. That sure made me smile!
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Wed 12/30/09 05:54 AM
Hope all goes well today! Will be thinking of you and your son Nicole.

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Wed 12/30/09 10:38 AM
Edited by njmom05 on Wed 12/30/09 10:40 AM
Well we are home after spending the last 6 hours in the hospital with NO EEG done. They gave him the entire max amount of sedative and he NEVER fell asleep. frustrated frustrated frustrated frustrated frustrated frustrated frustrated frustrated

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Wed 12/30/09 10:48 AM

Well we are home after spending the last 6 hours in the hospital with NO EEG done. They gave him the entire max amount of sedative and he NEVER fell asleep. frustrated frustrated frustrated frustrated frustrated frustrated frustrated frustrated



noway So what are they going to do now??

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Wed 12/30/09 11:14 AM


Well we are home after spending the last 6 hours in the hospital with NO EEG done. They gave him the entire max amount of sedative and he NEVER fell asleep. frustrated frustrated frustrated frustrated frustrated frustrated frustrated frustrated



noway So what are they going to do now??

I have no idea, I am waiting for a call from the pediatrician, who is going to have no answers for me. I am going to just keep the appt I have with the new neurologist the end of January and see what they think is best.
whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa

ArtGurl's photo
Wed 12/30/09 11:19 AM
Love and light! :heart:

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Wed 12/30/09 11:39 AM

Love and light! :heart:

Thanks!
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Wed 12/30/09 12:00 PM
just checking in

how's he doing nj?

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Wed 12/30/09 12:01 PM
sending prayers-hope he's doing better!flowerforyou

njmom05's photo
Wed 12/30/09 02:02 PM
My munchkin is doing good, thanks. I am frustrated that the EEG never happened today. For now, I'll just continue the seizure meds and wait for his appt with the neurologist. The pediatrician was supposed to call me back, but somehow I doubt they'll do that now. I have to call them tomorrow for something else anyway, I'll see what they think I should do.
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Wed 12/30/09 02:19 PM
Nicole, we had a similar problem yesterday. My kiddo went in for her yearly MRI and they gave her max sedation but she kept waking up. They did end up getting the brain images, but were unable to get the spine. They told me next time she will have to do general anesthesia. I have requested we bump to every 2 years now since she will get much more medication and I would think the risks are higher. She came home soooooooo irritable and then slept for 12 hours straight after I got her settled down. I hope you get some answers.....flowerforyou

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Wed 12/30/09 03:23 PM

Nicole, we had a similar problem yesterday. My kiddo went in for her yearly MRI and they gave her max sedation but she kept waking up. They did end up getting the brain images, but were unable to get the spine. They told me next time she will have to do general anesthesia. I have requested we bump to every 2 years now since she will get much more medication and I would think the risks are higher. She came home soooooooo irritable and then slept for 12 hours straight after I got her settled down. I hope you get some answers.....flowerforyou

Ugh, so you know my frustration! They gave him chloral hydrate because they said it won't affect the brain waves for the EEG. I asked them if there was some other medication, even in a small dose, that could be used. They told me that it would alter the brain waves and the test wouldn't be completely accurate. I said "but right now, we have NO test and NO results, wouldn't partial results be better than nothing?" They didn't agree with me. I am shocked at how little he's slept since we are home. I think he has only slept a total of 2 hours since we got home around 1:45pm. Thankfully we still have the seizure meds and have another 60 days waiting at the pharmacy. So far, the dose seems to be working, the only seizure he had was last week and he missed a dose cause he slept 12 hours and missed the evening dose.

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Wed 12/30/09 04:48 PM



Well we are home after spending the last 6 hours in the hospital with NO EEG done. They gave him the entire max amount of sedative and he NEVER fell asleep. frustrated frustrated frustrated frustrated frustrated frustrated frustrated frustrated



noway So what are they going to do now??

I have no idea, I am waiting for a call from the pediatrician, who is going to have no answers for me. I am going to just keep the appt I have with the new neurologist the end of January and see what they think is best.
whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa



So sorry they didn't get the test.All my love and prayers sent your way.:heart: flowerforyou flowers :heart:

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Wed 12/30/09 06:06 PM




Well we are home after spending the last 6 hours in the hospital with NO EEG done. They gave him the entire max amount of sedative and he NEVER fell asleep. frustrated frustrated frustrated frustrated frustrated frustrated frustrated frustrated



noway So what are they going to do now??

I have no idea, I am waiting for a call from the pediatrician, who is going to have no answers for me. I am going to just keep the appt I have with the new neurologist the end of January and see what they think is best.
whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa



So sorry they didn't get the test.All my love and prayers sent your way.:heart: flowerforyou flowers :heart:

Thanks, Wolfchic! I am heading to bed, its been a long exhausting day. Hugs and prayers for Maddy May!!!
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Wed 12/30/09 07:08 PM
:heart: flowers nicole i am so sorry u didnt get any ans glad u r home and he's doing well.i will call u sometime next wk after i get moved.and will keep on praying for u and lil man:angel: waving

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Wed 12/30/09 11:15 PM
:heart: :heart: PRAYERS on there way, and let love feel the air
around you bothflowerforyou

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Thu 12/31/09 05:28 AM

:heart: flowers nicole i am so sorry u didnt get any ans glad u r home and he's doing well.i will call u sometime next wk after i get moved.and will keep on praying for u and lil man:angel: waving

Thanks you are sweet, at least he is fine and the meds he was on are still working fine! Good luck with your move, let the guys do your heavy lifting!
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Thu 12/31/09 05:28 AM

:heart: :heart: PRAYERS on there way, and let love feel the air
around you bothflowerforyou

Thank you! I appreciate that. We are home and chillin'.
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Thu 12/31/09 08:15 AM
Nicole... gosh I guess I missed your post. I'm glad you are both home now. My thoughts are with you and Christopher today! Sending a warm hug from Noah and I!