They want her sleep deprived. Honestly, I think we're always sleep deprived! LOL We had to keep her up until 11 last night, which was torture. She was so tired. Pulling out her hair, screaming, trying to pull out my hair. Then we had to wake her at 5 this morning. YAWN!
They planned on sedating her with 500 mg of chloral hydrate for the test, which is the same dose she gets every night at bedtimme. That would not work for the EEG. She is used to that dose, and wakes up easily with it. So they are giving her a double dose, plus a double dose of Benadryl. This is a lot of sedation, so they are putting her on oxygen and cardiac monitors for the EEG. A doctor will stay on the Pediatric floor of the hospital and not leave, and a crash cart will be outside the door. They said they will be ready to intubate her at a moment's notice.
Not very reassuring! I hope that the EEG at least shows what they need to see. She hasn't had a major seizure event like the first one, but we are seeing weird things that are possibly seizures, quite often.
Please keep my Peanut in your thoughts. We need the sedation to go smoothly, with no intubation, and her waking up quickly when it's over.
This stuff never gets easier on us moms, does it!
They planned on sedating her with 500 mg of chloral hydrate for the test, which is the same dose she gets every night at bedtimme. That would not work for the EEG. She is used to that dose, and wakes up easily with it. So they are giving her a double dose, plus a double dose of Benadryl. This is a lot of sedation, so they are putting her on oxygen and cardiac monitors for the EEG. A doctor will stay on the Pediatric floor of the hospital and not leave, and a crash cart will be outside the door. They said they will be ready to intubate her at a moment's notice.
Not very reassuring! I hope that the EEG at least shows what they need to see. She hasn't had a major seizure event like the first one, but we are seeing weird things that are possibly seizures, quite often.
Please keep my Peanut in your thoughts. We need the sedation to go smoothly, with no intubation, and her waking up quickly when it's over.
This stuff never gets easier on us moms, does it!