9.15.11

Aimee's sleep study was last Friday night. We drove down to the Overlake Hospital in Bellevue where Children's has a Sleep Clinic. We bunked down for the night in a cozy little room and got Aimee all set in her pajamas and night time shoes. Then came the wires. And the belts. And the microphones. And the oxygen tube. And the sensors. And the tape. Ect. Ick. Aimee managed to fall asleep fairly quickly when we rolled her onto her stomach. Unfortunately, she was only allowed to sleep that way for the first hour. After that, she was onto her back. I couldn't sleep at all with her like that. She would fall asleep after awhile, but then wake up choking on her saliva. She also just breathes weirder on her back. Either way, she got a few more hours in altogether on her back. All that to say... it was not relaxing. The clinic was really nice though and they definitely try their best to take care of families.

We will get results from the study on October 18th, when we meet with the doctor down in Bellevue. Apparently they do quite an in depth analysis, so it takes some time to put the information together. Now that we have done the test, I'm not expecting any resulting information. It is just so disappointing to go to follow up appointments expecting answers and walking away with nothing. We'll see if not expecting answers does any better. :)

We've been using Aimee's bath chair as a place for her to sit lately (even though it specifically says to only use it in the bath, no idea why). It definitely isn't the best for support and positioning, but I just can't get the wheelchair in very easily by myself until we get a ramp into the house. Hoping that this is going to happen very soon though! (Isn't it cute how she sits with her feet up on the chair)

Today was Aimee's first day of school. I have so much to say about it, but I'll have to save it for my next post.