We got to the hospital around 5:00 last night, ate some dinner, got signed in and were admitted to the Sleep Study lab on A3 South. Max started crying as soon as we walked into his room because he knows that something isn't right. He calmed down after a few minutes though. We then had to go through the typical routine of having a million of the same questions that we have answered time and time again, got check out by the nurse practitioner and waited. Around 8:00 the guy performing the sleep study came in to start getting things ready and attached to Max. Max cried from the time the first probe was placed until about a half hour after the last probe was placed. He finally calmed down around 9pm, but never slept for longer than a half hour until around 11:00. Starting around midnight, the guy came in about every 30-45 minutes to readjust the nasal cannula that was put on crooked and kept coming out of Max's nose. Of course this meant that Max was woken up. He cried from the moment that guy walked in and for about 5 minutes after he left. This took place until about 3-3:30am. At this point I got up and readjusted how Max was positioned and placed the nasal cannula back in his nose. Max finally fell into a deep sleep around 3:45-4:00. The guy came back in at 6:15am to unhook everything. I have absolutely no idea if they got enough information since they get most of it when he is in the deepest sleep (REM sleep). All I can say is that I am never doing that again. It's all Tim the next time around.
We got out of the sleep lab around 7:15 or so, went down and got some breakfast and then went to sign in for Max's ultrasound. They told us that they couldn't get him in early, so we sat and waited for 2 hours before we were called back. Max wouldn't sit still enough for the tech to get any pictures so I ended up having to lay on the bed with Max laying on my chest. He eventually fell asleep and she was able to get some good shots. She said that things are looking stable compared to his previous ultrasound from April.
Needless to say, both Max and I were exhausted by the time we left the hospital at 10am. We got home at 10:30 and we were both asleep by 11am. We woke up when Tim got home around 4:15pm.
What a way to celebrate our third wedding anniversary!
2 comments:
Sounds like a rough night! And morning! Hopefully they got some good results though.
And HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!
You are a fabulous mommy, Beth! I can't imagine doing that with my little guy. Waiting is tedious enough...not to mention as the saying goes, "never wake a sleeping baby." I bet you wanted to pull your hair out. Happy anniversary. We will keep our daily prayers headed your way.
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