Not Liking The EEG This Morning

I have to say that Raquel did amazing with her EEG. She walked around in that backpack without any issues and got more and more comfortable with it as the day progressed. This morning pretty much was her breaking point. She wanted no part of it and it was really difficult distracting her.

I left for Children's Hospital around 10:30am - to give me plenty of time to park and find a shuttle. Raquel was pretty irritable the whole way down, tugging at the gauze and just not being a happy camper. When I opened the back door to get her out of the car, I was shocked at how much damage she was able to do in such a short amount of time. I don't know how to even begin to describe it - except that she certainly didn't look like a Smurf anymore. Gauze was torn, the princess cap was nowhere to be found, electrodes were exposed and loose in some places, and her hair was just sticking up all over the place. I did my very best to try to "fix" it, but the damage was pretty much already done. People were giving us double takes as we walked by them, and the shuttle driver said, "She didn't look like that yesterday!" then mumbled something in Spanish that I couldn't quite make out.

When we finally arrived at the EEG building, we had to wait, which really set her off. And as soon as the technician saw her, he immediately burst out laughing and asked me what happened. I had to hold her down so they could take everything off and get her hair cleaned up, and boy did she put up a fight. She wanted out of there. She kicked and screamed from the EEG room, to the shuttle ride, to the parking structure, managing to lose a brand new shoe somewhere along the way. As soon as I got her in the car she started to calm down, realizing we were going home. I never would have thought that removing the EEG would be more challenging than putting the thing on!

I am so glad this is behind us and am assuming that this is the last test she'll be having for awhile. At least that is what I promised her today.