Aftermath of Christmas Day

Here is it the day after Christmas and I'm wondering where did this entire year go? I have to tell you I haven't been great at blogging, but I hope this new year to do better. We had a nice surprise on 23 December. The neurologist that wanted to see Austin, our granddaughter,office called us on 23 Dec. said they had someone cancel their appointment on 24 Dec., yes Christmas Eve, and asked could we bring Austin in for that appointment at 8:45 A.M., of course I said yes! We were suppose to have kept her up until midnight, then let her sleep until 4:00 A.M. and wake her up, and keep her up, until the appointment at 9:00 A.M. We had to be there 15 minutes early to fill out paperwork. Well we couldn't keep her up until midnight, but I did wake up at 4:30 A.M. and woke her up. We did manage to keep her up until we got her to the neurologists office, were they did the EEG on her. They wanted to rule out any seizure disorder, and guess what, she didn't have any! YEA, God is Great! They managed to put the things in her hair, without us being there with her, and she did fall asleep for them, without them having to drug her up to go to sleep. The doctor then saw us about 11:30 A.M. and told us the results of the EEG he had just done on her. He took all her information and what information I could furnish him on her birth and other things of her little life, and with the test results and all, he said that she was probably having these behavior issues due to sleep deprovation. LACK OF SLEEP. Hey, I can tell you about that, you see, when she's up, I have to get up. I know I'm not a bowl of cherries in the morning when I don't get enough sleep. So he said that he will recommend another different medication than one of them she is taking for sleep, as the one she is on doesn't keep her asleep that long he said. The one he is recommending will keep her asleep longer, hoping that we can keep the CPAP machine on her she has to use, therefore she gets much needed sleep and rest. I sure hope so. It would be so nice if she would sleep in her own bed at night, and I wouldn't have to rock her, so I can sleep in my own bed at night time. While we were there at the neurologist we met a couple going through the adoption faise with the little boy they had with them. We started talking about behaviors and we happened to mention on of the RAD (reactive attachment disorder)theripist that Ausitn sees, and she was givnen that same name to take her hopefully new son to soon. We told her that the theripist comes really highly recommened, that if her soon to be son does have RAD, that the lady we are speaking of will soon help her, like she has helped us. I just hope and pray that they don't have all the behavior issues we have had with our granddaughter. But I can say one thing, we have had little Austin for 5 years now and I can see her growing up right in front of my own eyes. I didn't think she'd stay little forever, but geeze, where is the time flying. Before I know it, she'll be as grown up as Miss Emmy is! What out Tom and Becky, I'll be coming to you all for advice. Well I need to get off here and try to get my little cheurb asleep for the night. In the meantime, you all take time for your children. God put them here for us to take care of them, so do just that. God loves each of us, as we are his children. We, of course, are old enough to make the righ choices for ourselves, most of the time, so let's try to say this up coming year, we're going to make the right decision for our kids too. If not the right decision, at leaset a good choice, as they aren't old enough to do for themselves yet. God Bless each of you and when you think of others first, you've done your part to help this world head in the right direction.