Okay, not necessarily a story.  Although I can make the smallest of situations into long stories. I’ll do my best to abbreviate it! Emma stayed overnight last night at PCH.  We’d done this before almost 2 years ago.  This time was a piece of cake!  I had new books, coloring books, and activities up my sleeve.  We had visitors lined up, and Disney channel on 24/7.  She only asked to leave 1 time, which is pretty good for staying in bed for 24 full hours.  Most of my pictures are on my iPhone, so those will come another day.  Or they won’t…depending upon if I remember!

Anyway, this time around was so much nicer.  There are obvious reasons for that: Emma’s older, and a bit more mature.  We know what to expect.  I have back-up activities. I thought about the line-up of visitors (spacing them out so as not to over-stimulate Emma).  And the hospital is just awesome when it comes to making kids happy.  We got a visit from Raleigh, a therapy dog.  I don’t think we’ve ever had a hospital stay that didn’t include a visit from a furry friend.  They always put a smile on the kids faces!  Raleigh was no different.  And I had to laugh, because Raleigh came in just as Dr. B was finishing up (Dr. B is the head epileptologist (formerly from Mayo Clinic) who sees Emma).  And Dr. B. mentioned that the dogs always get priority over doctors.  At least he knows his place!

In the end, the seizures we thought we saw were, in fact, seizures.  Atonic, for those of you who care to know.  They didn’t see any focal seizures, but that didn’t surprise me since she only has been having them maybe once every 2 weeks.  And she had 6 electrographic seizures.  Those are the seizures you can’t see at all.  They could happen while awake or asleep.  In Emma’s case, she had 6 in her sleep.  But they were “mild” only lasting about 10 seconds.  It’s 2 more than last time, but last time she had significantly bigger electrographic seizures last time.  So, in our minds, it’s a sigh of relief.  And a “Happy Holidays and see you in 2 years, Dr. B.” kind-a thing. So, yay!  Now our Christmas vacation can truly start.

Oh yeah, except for the part when I host 19 people on Sunday for Christmas.  And I haven’t done a thing yet. Hmmm, tomorrow’s another day!

My good friend, Traci, was so sweet to bring Emma a Fancy Nancy book. Emma's reaction to Fancy Nancy was priceless! She was so excited! As you can see, she's soaking in all the words!

Emma with Sir Raleigh.

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