Just waiting for results

Owen and the ball machine on the first floor

You don’t ever have to look far to see just how blessed you are and to be reminded that chances are someone is worse off than you. 

Last night Owen had a great night, no ever told him to go to bed.  With each yawn we started something new.  We played puzzles, trains and watched movies till after 1am.  A brief nap and we were up again by 4:30 and hit the road by 5.  I gave Owen a flashlight to try and keep him awake on the car ride; it worked for all of 15 minutes.  If you are a parent you know that the moment you get in the car you tell your kids to close their eyes and rest so to try and keep a two year old awake was torture…for all of us. 

Putting on electrodes for the EEG

Owen needed to be sleep deprived to get the best test results, and my boy was a rock star.  He was super cooperative and even though he was tired and hungry his smile still lit up the room. Two nurses attached 27 electrodes to his scalp and he never moved.  The EEG itself took about 90 minutes start to finish.  We went immediately from neurology to the radiology department and checked in for the MRI.  Again Owen held still and locked eyes with the nurse while hey put him to sleep, never fussing.

It is unnerving to have a child under general anesthesia.  They do it everyday but in the back of your mind you know they wouldn’t make you sign consent forms if there were no risk.  We were given the kind of buzzer you get at a restaurant to let you know your table is ready but for our sleeping son and left to explore the hospital for two long hours. 

Your mind can go a lot of places in two hours but Jeremy and I kept coming back to the fact that God knew Owen before we did and He loves him very much.  Went left the hospital with our groggy yet still smiling little boy.  So many others there today were not as lucky. 

Thank you so much for all of your prayers.  We will meet with our pediatrician in the morning to go over test results.  We are ready for whatever they may be, trusting God is in control.