We Survived

Last night was the sleep study for Zachary at St. John's. I went in expecting the worst. We brought his stuffed monkey, a veggie tales movie, a banana, a book and his Wow Wow Wubbzy blanket. We arrived at 730 pm and the technicians were wonderful. Our room had a hospital bed pushed up against a double bed, a desk and was decorated so cute. Z was a bit nervous and kept saying "Ow". But they gave us a bit of time to settle in and then he began hooking him up to the 10,000 wires. He did great! He whined a bit but once the tech showed him it was just stickers and asked him the color of the wires, he sat pretty still!

I was truly amazed at how smoothly it went! We settled in and began watching Veggie Tales. They came back in for the final "hook up" that involved a device under his nose and that was his least favorite. After we started the movie a second time he fell asleep pretty easily and so did I. He did wake up a few times and had pulled a few wires off so of course they had to come in to reconnect him. It was funny because I know one time when they came in I forgot where I was and I had a brief moment of panic, thinking we were in there for other reasons like him being sick! Luckily I snapped back to reality and convinced myself that my little guy was okay and all was well. I didn't get much sleep but it was worth it. I have to admit it was the first time in almost 2 and half years that I was glad that he didn't sleep all night. When he woke up screaming and kicking his legs, I was so glad that someone else was able to witness it. It can take 10 days for the results so now we just wait and be patient.

Sleep Study

Well tonight we have Zachary's sleep study at St. John's. Z and I are to arrive at 7:30pm and it takes 30-45 minutes to hook him up and then lights and TV go off and we sleep. Funny isn't it? Sleep...he doesn't sleep good and this is going to be so very interesting. The paper said to limit my time in bed with him...ha ha ha! I mean seriously, the kid wakes up and screams, hits, kicks and they want me to not be in bed with him? I am dreading this. The person watching us is probably going to suggest I be admitted to the looney bin and you know what, I'm good with that! :-) The past few nights sleep has been worse than normal so I am anticipating no sleep tonight for me and I pray this test eliminates or pinpoints a problem. We just need to know where to go from here.

This week we have a Parents as Teachers appointment, speech therapy and a speech assessment at the developmental center. I have also requested an assessment with an occupational therapist. We started the paperwork to see if he will be eligible for therapy from the Special School District when he turns 3 and if he is, they will provide transportation to the early childhood center. As I stated before I am confused on what he needs so at this point I am relying the most on his developmental pediatrician to help me determine what he needs. They are increasing his speech to weekly and 2 weeks it will be done at preschool and 2 weeks at home.

Jonathan's first t-ball game is this Saturday and I am very excited for him. He is so very shy and I hope this will help him. And I can't wait to watch him and the other kids have fun.

We had a bad storm last night that sent the boys and myself to the basement for a while. It was crazy but luckily for us, no damage.