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| Photos - Courtesy of Melody Dokter |
1 January 2011
20 December 2010
Good Results
Praise the Lord!!
I just got the results from Esme's EEG. She is perfectly "normal for her age"!! So thankful that all is well and that we got the all-clear we've been praying for.
We will be seeing the pediatrician on Thursday (Dec 23rd) to follow up on the reflux issue. But the question of whether there is anything of concern going on for Esme is now answered, so Merry Christmas to us! And Merry Christmas to my loyal few readers as well ;)
I just got the results from Esme's EEG. She is perfectly "normal for her age"!! So thankful that all is well and that we got the all-clear we've been praying for.
We will be seeing the pediatrician on Thursday (Dec 23rd) to follow up on the reflux issue. But the question of whether there is anything of concern going on for Esme is now answered, so Merry Christmas to us! And Merry Christmas to my loyal few readers as well ;)
14 December 2010
The Wonder of Christmas
Christmas through the eyes of a child. Esme is awestruck and fascinated by all the new exciting things around Christmas and it makes me see it all afresh.
I love watching her eyes light up when she sees the lights on the tree and the snowglobe snowing and the music playing and the nativity scene, and having her sign 'more, more' over and over again because she just can't get enough of it all. SO PRECIOUS!!
And a video to finish this post off:
I love watching her eyes light up when she sees the lights on the tree and the snowglobe snowing and the music playing and the nativity scene, and having her sign 'more, more' over and over again because she just can't get enough of it all. SO PRECIOUS!!
And a video to finish this post off:
Santa
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| "Mom, who is this scary guy and why do I have to sit here?" |
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| "Mom, please can I get down now?" |
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| Mostly distracted by a large stuffed Elmo |
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| Elmo's just not exciting enough to smile. "Please let me go down!" |
We opted for the 'free' Santa visit at a local children's store rather than paying to see the mall 'Santa' since Santa doesn't play a huge role in our Christmas.
It's just a cute childhood picture necessity. As you can see, Esme wasn't too impressed and didn't spend much time telling him what she wanted for Christmas :)
30 November 2010
EEG Over
So we had the pediatrician's visit for Esme about 2 weeks ago.
The short version is that he thought Esme looked perfectly healthy and on track in all areas.
He said that she sounds like a classic 'reflux' baby and that most likely she had 'pseudo-seizures' (they look like seizures but actually aren't) caused by acid reflux. Because she really only seemed to seize once officially, with a small follow up the next day, he felt he didn't have enough data to really rule out seizures for sure without an EEG.
The wait times for EEGs are minimal and so last Wednesday we took Esme to the hospital to get this test out of the way. I'm sure glad that it is over.
Imagine a sleep-deprived baby (we were required to bring her sleep deprived so she would sleep as soon as she was connected to the machine), getting her head marked up in a zillion places, being scrubbed with an abrasive in those same zillion places, then getting goop and wires attached to those same zillion places. All while needing her nap and very scared.
Afterwards I joked that we probably didn't need to deprive her of sleep before the test because the amount of screaming she did wore her right out. She was SO Sad!! But it was a necessary test! So we just worked to make it as easy as possible with the least amount of fuss.
Now we wait for the results. Hopefully within 2 weeks we will have heard back from the pediatrician with the report. We're praying for an all clear.
Here are some pictures of Esme hooked up to the machine at the end of the test. She wanted to keep sleeping at this point but had to get up to go home.
The short version is that he thought Esme looked perfectly healthy and on track in all areas.
He said that she sounds like a classic 'reflux' baby and that most likely she had 'pseudo-seizures' (they look like seizures but actually aren't) caused by acid reflux. Because she really only seemed to seize once officially, with a small follow up the next day, he felt he didn't have enough data to really rule out seizures for sure without an EEG.
The wait times for EEGs are minimal and so last Wednesday we took Esme to the hospital to get this test out of the way. I'm sure glad that it is over.
Imagine a sleep-deprived baby (we were required to bring her sleep deprived so she would sleep as soon as she was connected to the machine), getting her head marked up in a zillion places, being scrubbed with an abrasive in those same zillion places, then getting goop and wires attached to those same zillion places. All while needing her nap and very scared.
Afterwards I joked that we probably didn't need to deprive her of sleep before the test because the amount of screaming she did wore her right out. She was SO Sad!! But it was a necessary test! So we just worked to make it as easy as possible with the least amount of fuss.
Now we wait for the results. Hopefully within 2 weeks we will have heard back from the pediatrician with the report. We're praying for an all clear.
Here are some pictures of Esme hooked up to the machine at the end of the test. She wanted to keep sleeping at this point but had to get up to go home.
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| They even had to 'strait-jacket' her hands to keep her from pulling off the wires. If you know Esme, you will know how much she hates her arms being trapped. |
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| So hard to wake up. |
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| All done. Getting cleaned up. |
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