Sleep Study for Corbin

Well Corbin had his sleep study Tuesday night and it was definitely a long night. I am shocked at how well Corbin did---I was so proud of him!!!

Corbin did not take a nap at school on Tuesday and he usually goes to bed at 7:30. Therefore, when we got there at our arrival time of 8:30, Corbin was already very tired. They got us all checked in and started hooking him up to the wires a little before 9:00. They put wires everywhere! He had several on his scalp and on his face. He did not care for the one in his nose but he didn't complain too much or try to pull it out. He seriously sat in his chair very nicely and calmly the whole time they were hooking up the wires---I was shocked! The guy said he was shocked too---that most kids try to pull them off or they are crying but Corbin was just fine. We laid him down in the bed around 9:40 to watch cartoons while they were checking to make sure all of the wires were working properly and that sweet boy fell right asleep. The lights were on and we weren't even finished and he was snoring---he was exhausted! 

Then the real fun started. Every time Corbin changed positions, one of the wires would come off and then the tech would have to come in with his flashlight, glue and tape and put the wire back where it belonged. Sometimes Corbin would sleep throughout the process and sometimes he would wake up for just a little bit. I was in charge of holding the flashlight for the tech. Corbin had one wire on his thumb that came off SEVERAL times. Around 3:15 it came off 3 times in a 20 minute period. Every time I could feel Corbin move, I tried to immediately sit up and grab his arms before he pulled anything off on accident but I obviously was not very successful. Corbin did SOOOO good though. He never tried to pull them off on purpose and even when he would wake up during the wire reattaching process, he would just lie there very still and let the guy do it without a fuss and go right back to sleep. That poor tech had to come in our room a million times but he was nice every time. He said that usually happens with little kids. They woke us up around 6:00 to go home and after they finally got all the wires off---poor Corbin had glue/goop all over him. I had to hold him under the sink in the bathroom to get all that goop out of his hair :)

I'm so glad that is over with and that Corbin did so good. Now we just have to wait about a week for our results...