Wednesday, November 30, 2005

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:)

4 comments:

Bonnie said...

I agree. Glad the tests are over. Didn't sound like much fun. :\ I love you, chica and God is taking care of you.

Annie said...

Sally! Glad to hear that it's finally over (the long awaited tests, I mean). We should get together now that neither of us will have to worry about schoolwork as of next week. You free anytime? I'm free most evenings :) And you should go to Gus's WalMart movie tomorrow (Friday) at 7 in Anthon Hall, I believe in room 102. Or maybe it's 104......but still, those are close together, so you'd be able to find it. Did your mom and you play 'Hand and Foot'? ;)

Madame Chastagner said...

Hey... glad that you are back home... Yakima may be cold, but with friends and hot chocolate I am sure it can be comfy too! =)

Anonymous said...

Wow, I had no idea that was going on. =( My little sis used to have seizures. But I hope all is well. You're in prayers Sally!