Withholding her Clonidine was the key. Her hyperactivity and Tourette Tics went through the roof.. and she talked and blinked a mile a minute until I finally gave her her meds one hour before the test.
Let's see.... what did we do during all those late and early morning hours???
Aunt Bea worked the night shift while mommy went to sleep at 6:30 PM
Katie went with aunt Bea to the Yogurt Shoppe...
They made Pineapple/Canadian Bacon Pizza with Tortillas
They played SEVERAL Card Games.
They went shopping at our 24 hr. Walmart and bought a game for her Gameboy.
Aunt Bea did a LOT of listening to Katie's hyperactive ramblings... over and over and over...
Mommy woke up at 3AM and took over...
She and Katie went to Denny's Restaurant and ate a verrrry early morning breakfast.
We played several games of Skip-Bo while we ate.
We went home and took a shower (both of us).
Mommy trimmed Katie's hair and then dried it and put it in pig tails.
Got dressed and drove to West Hills for our 8:30 test (and fought traffic all the way).
A few blocks before we got there, Katie suddenly got very very sleepy and had to fight strongly to stay awake. I put some very upbeat music on in the car... LOUDLY... turned the A/C on full blast (brrrrr) and sang/shouted "Woo Hoo" often. At first Katie thought that was funny... but then she started to cry... "I'm just so tired mom... I don't think I can stay awake". I wanted to cry for her... and I told her what a great job she did in staying awake as long as she had.
When we arrived at the office, she laid on the table and was OUT COLD. In fact... 1/2 way through the procedure we needed to wake her up and get her to hyperventilate for 2 minutes... but all the screaming, clapping and shaking and stroking of her face couldn't do it. She was passed out asleep. The technician just giggled and said it was okay if we couldn't wake her... she'd make a note of it.
MAN-O-MAN... does Katie have an ACTIVE brain.... even when asleep!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
After an hour, the test was complete, and we had a dickens-of-a-time trying to get her to wake up so we could leave. I practically had to carry her out. She slept all the way home in the car (understandably) and once in the house, went straight to bed... which is where she and aunt Bea have been for the past three hours. We'll be lucky if we see them at all today.
As for me... I am exhausted... but there is much catch-up work to get done here at the house... so I will postpone my sleep till tonight... if I can.... and get my wife/mommy stuff done now. My first matter of business was to get this blog done for today.
We will continue this blog until she is back in school and we see how she transitions and fits back into real-time life. The battle's not over yet. In fact... this is where it's going to get hard. All our safety nets and security blankets are gone now... if this success is going to continue, we and Katie have a lot of work to do. But then, there's God...
He giveth more grace when the burdens grow greater
He sendeth more strength when the labors increase
To added affliction He addeth His mercy
To multiplied trials, His multiplied peace.
His Love has no limit
His grace has no measure
His power has no boundaries known unto man
For out of His infinite riches in Jesus
He giveth, and giveth, and GIVETH AGAIN.
And we are counting on that.
Chow 4 Now.
Susan
I'm tired just reading the blog today! God is so good. He's grace is sufficient for ALL my needs....did I say ALL!
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