Quick Update

I don't really have a lot to update right now. John did have the EEG and EKG along with a holter monitor on Friday last week. The results from the EEG are in. It showed no abnormalities (which is par for the course with him). It showed no signs of seizures either, although that doesn't mean that he hasn't had any. But at least we know his brain is functioning the way it should be for him. It's always good when a test shows no abnormalities, but at the same time, it would be nice to get an explanation for what's going on.

The EKG showed a normal sinus rhythm, but it also showed a possible left and right hypertrophy. I asked what that means. It could mean absolutely nothing, that it is just a variant of normal (meaning normal for him). It could also mean a thickening of the heart wall. My favorite nurse looked back at his only other cardio work up he has had, from his time in the NICU, and the report then said the exact same thing. An echo cardiogram was done then and it showed nothing wrong. But it's been almost 7 years, so the doctor thought it would be a good idea to do another echo. The holter results are still not back, which isn't a big surprise to me. It sometimes take longer than they say to get a report.

He was scheduled to have an MRI today, but the anesthesiologist will not sedate him for an MRI until they get the results back from the echo. Now here is the crazy part. I think John will need to be sedated for an echo. I know how wild he can be and I just don't think he will lay still while they spread goo all over his chest. However, they do not do sedated echos for kids 6 and older. If they do need to be sedated, it has to be under anesthesia, and they say they won't put him under anesthesia until he's had an echo. But he may not be able to have an echo without anesthesia. Confused yet? Yeah, me too. So we are going to try and do a regular, unsedated echo on Tuesday to see if they can get enough information to tell them it's okay to sedate him for an MRI.

So that is a little bit of what I have been dealing with this week. Maybe another time, I'll have enough energy to tell you about what we have been going through with our school district for next year. Needless to say, I still hate May.