Not really, the new guys wanted their own one and they wanted Carmen to fall asleep.. well you know her, she freaks out at the EEG's and she sleeps.. well never! So they said to expect to spend the night. I told them that I had another child and they were like... can you leave it at home? LOL... yeah... sure why not?
So, Monday morning I get a call that they want me in at noon for an EEG for Carmen and prepare to spend the night in case it doesnt work well and they have to sleep deprive her. Fun times.. let me tell ya. So I through her paperwork, my trusty gps and a change of clothes and off we go.
Now the new guys are in Nuremberg which is about an hours drive away, its in the east side of the oooollllddd downtown. So I got lost a couple of times, this is where I love my gps, it didnt yell at me this time, it just treated me like a stupid person and kept recalculating my directions everytime I took a wrong turn.
We get there and do the first EEG, of course she didnt sleep so they call upstairs and order us a room. After dealing with wiggly screaming kids, trying to understand broken up english with thick german accents, following nurse after nurse around an NON-AC'ed hospital I was ready to cry by the time we made it to our room. I called Jim to let him know we would be staying the night and he got to hear the whole thing through my tears (poor guy). The german mothers that we shared a room with where staring at me when I hung up and turned around.. Germans are totally cool with getting nosy in your business... so I learned... and they were probably wondering what was wrong with the freaky american in their hospital.
After things settled down I took a short video of our room and situation, its below.
The afternoon was rather uneventful. Other than my bright idea to bring my laptop so the girls can watch movies.. I forgot that my power source is an USA power source and doesnt work in german outlets.. so they got to watch about a movie and a half.
That night we settled down and I tried to get the girls to sleep. Unfortunately there were people in and out of the room, monitors beeping and it was 87 degrees.. no wind.. oh and i packed for cold weather because it was chilly when we left the house and in US hospitals its always on the cool side.. yeah note to self, plan to sweat when at the hospital.
The next morning we were woken up at 3am. Carmen and I played "go fish" for two hours before Rose woke up, we had breakfast and then Carmen went off to have her bloodwork done. That is a whole nother blog unto itself... lets just say that it got done. :0)
So Rose finally fell asleep while watching "Bob der Brewmeister" and yes that is pronounced how it is spelled... hahaha its the german version of bob the builder.
Carmen did take her EEG and she slept, I was so releived when the nurse told me she actually slept that I teared up.. (now remember i had been up since 3am, stressed out from trying to keep my kids under control so the other truly sick kids could rest, and the whole situation at large, oh and the language thing) We waited around for the results and our "consult" with the head doc of the hospital.
All in all, its the same prognosis that we had in the states. We keep doing what we are doing and hope that it helps. There is a 30-40% chance that she will never get rid of her seizures, that she will continue to try to control them, but for now we are just gonna pray that it will all work out.
So long long story short, we made it alive through that adventure. And if any of you write me and tell me its all an adventure and to enjoy every minute, I might have to get on a plane, come home just to slap you!! ;0) The last two days was not an adventure, it was a nightmare that I dont wish to repeat anytime soon. We got through it because we had to, but it doesnt mean I have to like everything that happens to us out here. But please enjoy my moment of zen.. I sure did.... (aka, the picture below)
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