EEG Hat On!

We arrived at the PICU (Pediatric Intensive Care Unit) this morning to a host of nurses and doctors. Many of them remembered Oliver from that dramatic day in August. He was a true wild thing as he ran the halls and danced to the TV music. After watching Oliver "do his thing" the staff understood our anxiety at the idea of keeping him in his crib for at least the next 24 hours.

Unlike at Chapel Hill they began putting on the EEG without the glue (really stinky ether) and the loud air gun. We were so pleased! Oliver did really well for that time. He watched movies to his left on the hospital TV and to the right on our mac. Just as they were wrapping up his head with all the electrodes we realized it just wasn't going to stay on. Oliver was too strong and moving too much. So...they decided to remove the whole thing and reapply it with the glue and air gun. This second application did not go as well as the first. Andrew and Oliver were dripping sweat as Andrew held him down. Andrew is such a wonderful dad and watching him lovingly and patiently hold Oliver as he cried out made me so thankful for him (and his big strong muscles). We finally got the EEG securely on in time for Oliver's nap. It took him a very long time to fall asleep, with the new hat, different environment and no-nos on his arm. Now, 1 loud noisemaker and 6 trash bags on the window later, we have a sleeping boy. Praise the Lord!

Now we are praying that Oliver will have one of those worrisome seizures before tomorrow morning. We are praying all the electrodes will stay in place and the video will clearly capture the event. Please join us in lifting him up and oddly enough, praying for a seizure. Thank you for your love and support- you are awesome!

We'll post this same thing to caringbridge.org/visit/oliverlanier