EEG Completed... now what?

Well, yesterday we went for S's EEG. It was a very hard experience for him initially. We went to MacDonald's Play Place first... just to play him out a little, have some fun, etc. The hype was that we were taking him to the hospital where he was born and maybe we would see some new babies while we were there. Then we were going to talk to some doctors who were going to look to see if they could "find his words." He didn't think this was such a great idea. All went well until we were walking through the parking lot and he hit his head on a mirror on a parked car. 3.5 yr olds are just the right height for those darned things! Anyhow, once we kissed the boo boo, we set off through the parking lot again. This time though, mommy had to carry the big guy. Once inside, there was much resistance. Spencer was looking through his back-pack filled with goodies and wanted the chocolate egg that he had put in there that morning. Because he wasn't allowed to have chocolate before the procedure, I had taken it out of the bag when he wasn't looking. Well... let me just say, we did not have a happy camper after that. I answered the questions at the Admitting Dept., while my DH held Spencer. We then tried to procede down the hallway, which was a bit difficult, but we managed. Once inside the EEG Dept. it took a whole lot of persuading but again, we managed to get Spencer comfortable enough to relax and play with some of the toys that he brought with him.

Then... the Tech came to meet us. Well... this was not fun. Kicking/screaming/crying could be heard throughout the hospital, I'm sure. After about 15 mins of what seemed to be torture (although the procedure does not hurt at all), the electrodes were placed and gauze was wrapped around Spencer's head so that he did not pull the wires off. Once the Tech's left the room, he calmed down and was really content. We read stories, played with Super Mario figurines and even played some Nintendo DS. I must say that 2.5 hrs went by rather quickly and that little boy of mine did extremely well!! I was very impressed. We rewarded the adventure with a new "Cars" DS game which seemed to be very well accepted! Without so many words.

So now we wait. It will be 2 weeks before we hear anything from the pediatric neurologist regarding the findings. Until then... I'll be a nervous wreck! We do have some more appointments scheduled over the next week so hopefully this will help give us some answers to many questions that we have.

This turn of events in our life certainly makes me think twice about asking my kids to stop talking. I long to hear that little boy speak one word! I don't care what it is, just one word would make me feel so much better!