Clean Bill of Health

We took Kolten up to see Dr. Simon with the Swedish Medical Group in Seattle.  It was hard to go so far for medical. But I learned that Seattle is not as far away as I previously had thought.  She was concerned for Kolten--and we ended up doing a 48 hour EEG.  They admitted us Monday morning and glued 30 wires to Kolten's head.  He did really well until they hit about 15--and then he yelled at us and told us he didn't like it.  I thought it would a relaxing two days of simply holding my baby, but it was actually very stressful.  Kolten was not comfortable.  He did not sleep well.  And to see his episodes, he needed to sleep.  In the end, he had 4 small 15 second episodes, and we were able to rule it as benign sleep mitoclondis. We think he is even starting to grow out of it, but only just recently.  So my little boy now has a clean bill of health.  I am so excited.
While I was in Seattle with my mom, things at home fell apart.  I was very glad I took my mom though.  We each got about 7 hours of sleep over the two days because we had to watch him.  And he was not comfortable, but he was a real trooper considering.  First Todd was moved from a route that ran 1 am to 11 am to the Idaho route running 1 am to 3 to 5 pm.  So Dot who volunteered to watch my girls, ended up watching them a lot more than we had anticipated.  And then her little girl and husband got sick.  I tried to find another babysitter, but no one could do it.  So she just did it.  My sub ended up having a lot of problems.  My Aunt Camille and Uncle Joel jumped in that day.  And then Aunt Susan and my friend Anna pitched in the next day to get it taken care of.  It was a stressful day for everyone.  But I appreciate everyone's help.  Grandma and Grandpa watched Garth so that my mom could take care of me.  And I needed her!!  Thank you for all your help.