Aiden Boo

For the past couple of months Aiden has been keeping us on our toes, to say the least. He seems to have really poor balance, causing him to fall and hit his head often, and sometimes his falls just don't make sense. For example, sitting in a high chair and falling forward, hitting his head on the table. I could go on listing these 'weird' falls forever, but I will instead move forward to where we are now. After seeing our pediatrician about the falling he referred us to a pediatric neurologist. Two weeks ago we finally got in to see the neurologist and he suspected that Aiden was having clusters of drop attacks, or collapsing seizures. We scheduled an EEG and MRI for the following week to see if we could find any proof of the seizures. The EEG came back clean (Yay!) and the MRI is still being read and we do not have those results yet. Even though the first EEG was good, the neurologist wants to schedule another one...one that will last a week! So, here we are, preparing for a week long stay at the hospital, and as each moment passes, I find that I am getting more and more anxious. Just the thought of Aiden being in the hospital for a week under 24 hour video surveillance and EEG monitoring gets me a little unnerved. Add on top of that all the 'what ifs' of what is going on with him, being away from Emily, all the medical bills stacking up, being confined to a small area for an extended period of time, the lack of sleep that is sure to follow, and I am on the verge of tears. I am trying so hard to keep myself together for the kids, my family and my friends but really I just want to lock myself in a room and cry for a while. The most important thing right now, though, is Aiden. I am ready for answers so that we can start doing whatever we need to so he gets better. With that at the forefront of my mind, I put my emotions back into the drawer and put on my brave face. Please keep us all in your prayers during the upcoming week. We will update the blog once we know what is going on, but thank you in advance for your prayers and support.