The Vodeniks' - Gracie, RJ, Alex, Sarah & Lucie
June 16, 2012 (Alex's 15th birthday party)
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Mayo Clinic.......
We made our trip to Mayo Clinic on Tuesday night May 29th. We decided to stop in and catch a game at Target Field and cheer on the Minnesota Twins! We froze our butts off. The temperature got down to 45 degrees and we were both wearing tshirts and shorts (being that it was 85 degrees when we left home). We left in the 8th inning (Twins were losing 2-0) just to have the Twins hit a three run homerun in the 9th to win!! Oh well, it was fun while we were there and we scored great seats for $15 apiece from a lady that got them from her work!
For the tests they were doing the next morning (starting at 6:30 am) RJ had to be sleep deprived and could get no more than 4 hours of sleep that night, no caffeine, nothing to eat past 7 (and the food had to be very minimal and not fatty, oily, no red meats, no pasta) and then nothing to drink past midnight. Needless to say he was very tired. It killed him not to eat at the ball game too!
We started our morning Tuesday with getting his blood drawn at 6:30, then hiking to his next appointment at 8:15 for his MRI. I waited a lot in the waiting rooms, I brought along RJ's phone and a word search to keep me busy). Next up was his E.K.G at 11:00, and then his E.E.G at 1:30. All of these appointments were in different buildings so we walked / ran a lot. Once his E.E.G was done around 3, we headed back to the hotel (which was connected through a skywalk and subway) where RJ was completely worn out and went to sleep until around 8 that night.
I got in a workout in the Exercise room at the hotel while he slept!
Thursday was a little less hectic. We had his tilt table test at 9am and when that was finished at 11, we went out for lunch and then met up with some friends that we were also there with their little girl getting tests done on her.
Next was our appointment with the neurologist to get the results. All of the tests came back negative and good. They are sure he has some sort of Epilepsy but until they can catch a seizure on the monitor to pin point which type they can't treat it. We head back up to St. Mary's (right across the street from Mayo) on July 9th for the week. They are doing an extended E.E.G to try and provoke a seizure. Wish us luck......
For the tests they were doing the next morning (starting at 6:30 am) RJ had to be sleep deprived and could get no more than 4 hours of sleep that night, no caffeine, nothing to eat past 7 (and the food had to be very minimal and not fatty, oily, no red meats, no pasta) and then nothing to drink past midnight. Needless to say he was very tired. It killed him not to eat at the ball game too!
We started our morning Tuesday with getting his blood drawn at 6:30, then hiking to his next appointment at 8:15 for his MRI. I waited a lot in the waiting rooms, I brought along RJ's phone and a word search to keep me busy). Next up was his E.K.G at 11:00, and then his E.E.G at 1:30. All of these appointments were in different buildings so we walked / ran a lot. Once his E.E.G was done around 3, we headed back to the hotel (which was connected through a skywalk and subway) where RJ was completely worn out and went to sleep until around 8 that night.
I got in a workout in the Exercise room at the hotel while he slept!
Thursday was a little less hectic. We had his tilt table test at 9am and when that was finished at 11, we went out for lunch and then met up with some friends that we were also there with their little girl getting tests done on her.
Next was our appointment with the neurologist to get the results. All of the tests came back negative and good. They are sure he has some sort of Epilepsy but until they can catch a seizure on the monitor to pin point which type they can't treat it. We head back up to St. Mary's (right across the street from Mayo) on July 9th for the week. They are doing an extended E.E.G to try and provoke a seizure. Wish us luck......
Bootcamp Babes......
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