Sarah at the playground

Sarah at the playground, originally uploaded by leslie_capron.

We think Sarah is having Absence Seizures and this week she had an EEG to look at her brainwave activity.

Sarah was trooper during the hour long test. The test required Sarah to be still while awake, then fall asleep so the transition from awake to sleep could be recorded. I thought this was going to be impossible: have her fall asleep in a strange place, wearing a hat with 25 wires sticking out of it, and surrounded by strangers. But after about 10 minutes of resistance, she calmed down and did fall asleep. Getting up at 4am helped - fun!

We'll know the results of the test in about a week. If the diagnosis is confirmed, more than likely she'll outgrow them. She is not bothered by them at all, and is her happy busy self.