Exhaustion
Simon had his EEG today (previously and incorrectly referred to as an EKG but we swear the doctor said EKG). To prepare him for the test we were told not to let him go to sleep before 11 pm last night, to wake him up at 6 am, send him to school, and to give him Benedryl 20 minutes before our arrival. I suspect they wanted him tired.
Last night after Adlai was put to bed we watched a movie, went snail hunting in the front yard with a flashlight, shopped at Target until 9:30, did our grocery shopping until just after 10, and then stopped by McDonald's for a cheeseburger before returning home. Simon's instructions were DO NOT FALL ASLEEP so even though the lids of his eyes were half closed by 9:30 he pushed on, awake, until Matthew started a chapter of Harry Potter a few minutes before 11. He woke up at 6 am as usual - without any help. Our kids do not sleep in.
Matthew and I picked Simon up a few minutes before school let out to change him and take him to his appointment (we were warned by his teachers that he had jumped into a mud puddle). At 1 pm, a very mellow Simon had electrodes taped around his head and then he lay down next to me on the bed while Matthew read us stories. He was supposed to close his eyes for the entire hour of the scan and lay still which is why it would have been nice for him to have a little nap. However, our dear Simon is, as we all know, very skilled at fighting sleep and each time she saw that he was in a light sleep she could also see his brain activity jump to wake him up.
In any case, the scan went very well and the technician couldn't say enough about his wonderful behavior. Being that she isn't his doctor, she isn't supposed to reveal the results to us but we agree that her attitude about the seizure post scan was revealing: "Is it possible he just didn't sleep well the night before or that he didn't eat enough?"
We will call in tomorrow for the results but are fairly certain that Simon's brain wave patterns were normal and we can only hope that whatever happened last Friday was a fluke.