My son, Noah, had a sleep study done last month. When I get back from my motorcycle road trip with my girlfriends (see my last post) he has an appointment with a sleep specialist. They told me on the phone that the results showed that Noah is pathologically sleepy. He doesn't have sleep apnea, so that's a good thing. I just wonder what "pathologically sleepy" means. (I do know it has something to do with his nervous system. I have always known things were wrong there in some way. He has essential tremors, ADHD, hypothyroidism and other stuff.)
The sleep study was done at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
First, they take you in a room and have you get ready for bed. Then they hook you up to all kinds of wires. (Take note of those rockin' Incredible Hulk PJs.
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Noah had a lot of fun posing for all the pictures. He was pretty fascinated with the whole thing. So was I.
I slept in another room so that they could keep his room really dark. It worked great for me because I got caught up on some summer reading and graded papers the next day.
They had him take four naps during the day the next day. So we were there about eighteen hours in all.
I don't know how he could sleep with all that stuff on. But apparently they know how to measure what's going on anyway. I'm really curious to find out what's going on with him and if there will be a way to help him feel better and perform better.
(c) 2008 Karla Akins
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