Hospital rooms are REALLY small. . .

just in case you didn't know;) So as most of you know I went to Seattle's Swedish Medical Hospital for an EEG. I don't really know what that stands for. It means they monitor your brain activity to see if you're having seizures. I've had two EEGs before but they were short 20 minute ones. This one was 48 hours to the minute. I was stuck in a regular size hospital room (Hence the title), attached to the wall by a cord or as I called it a leash. It wasn't all bad. the leash was long enough to walk the length of the room and to the bathroom. And my mom was with me most of the time. We played cards, read and watch tv. . . plus my dad got me a portable dvd player so I watched Shrek 2 and Lois & Clark the Advertures of Superman season one. Oh and I did homework. :D The nurses were nice especially Audree-Rose, Criss and Janet. Oh and Colleen, but she's not a nurse. I forget what she is. . . no matter. And Greg the IV guy. He had a good sense of humor:) Anyways, I had wires stuck to my head via glue stuff that's water soluable which I'm still trying to get out of my hair after three washes. . . Oh and I was video taped for the entire 48 hours so I mostly had to stay on my bed so I was on film. . . my 15 minutes plus of fame ;) And the diagenoses is. . . the dead weight feeling is not caused by seizure but by my cerebral palsy. Translation-they can't really do anything for me. Strangely that doesn't bug me too much. As I was lying in bed Monday night I realized that this really isn't in my control 'cause whatever's gonna happen is gonna happen. End of story. It's going to be okay. My doc is going to decrease my baclofen and get me some physical therapy. I went to physical therapy at Memorial through 4th grade and at school through 7th grade, but this kind will be do it yourself 5 minutes in the morning 5 minutes at night stuff I can do in the comfort of my own home or wherever which is definitly better:)

And I Left the Teens Behind

Yep, it's my birthday! Twenty on the twentieth. I don't feel or look any older but what else is new?
I know everyone elses birthday too-
Steve- January 25
Josh-February 12
Jen N.-February 17
Andy-April 17
Kim-April 18
Margaret-June 22
Bonnie-June 26
Aaron-July 9
Dan-July 23
Annie-August 12
Cherize-December 18

This & That

I got my first birthday present today. Val got me these awesome lounge around the house pants. They're fleece and. . .RED! Yea!
Today I'm home because it's advising day! Kudos to YVC for having them:) I was going to do some errands but decided I didn't really want to go anywhere:)
On a totally different subject, last night we had salmon and this rice stuff which tasted really good! (This coming from a girl who had an intense dislike for the above two foods.) Who knows, maybe someday I'll try tomatos and decide to like them too;)

and life goes on while standing still

Yesterday my mom told me that the testing in Seattle will take place the 28th, 29th and the 30th of this month. The actual testing will be only the 28th & 29th. We'll be driving over on the 27th and home on the 30th. Life goes on because everyday until I leave will be a regular day-school, work, church stuff like always. Pretty soon I'll be registering for winter quarter classes. But it really stands still because whatever the testing does or doesn't find will define what the rest of this school year and beyond brings.