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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son did that a few times at dc children national. He loves it. He wore comfy clothing and socks. I brought a charger, & a tablet for him to watch unlimited youtube and I brought extra snacks, backup charger and some simple card games to kill time. They have cafeteria selling other food, and I can also order food for myself ( i paid credit card) to eat in the room. No school for him next day. [b]It is quite cold in the room[/b]. I brought flip flop, blanket and front zippered jacket for him, and myself. He skipped brushing teeth and and he ate tons of snacks. He described that as vacation.[/quote]

You should have been able to change the temperature in your own room.

The neurology suites are quite nice. You also have your own shower/bathroom. They provide some minimal toiletries.

I recommend insisting on having the fewest interruptions possible overnight. They’ll have everyone coming by - trash pickup, towel pickup, etc. If you tell them you need to

Is the goal just to see brain activity? Or are you attempting to catch a seizure? If the latter scenario, you might want to have a longer EEG scheduled if your kid doesn’t have seizures frequently enough that it will certainly happen in 1 day. You can always book a longer stay (3-5 days) and leave earlier. But if you’re trying to actually catch seizure activity, you don’t want to come back if you don’t manage to.

If your kid requires a rescue medication, come prepared with your own. When we had an EEG Childrens couldn’t produce our daughter’s rescue medication after the seizure started (and the alert cord wasn’t actually set up properly so I recommend testing it before you start.) Because it was a medication from home, I had to administer my daughter’s rescue meds in a room of like 12 doctors, nurses, residents looking on. It was quite ridiculous. [/quote]

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