Jackson is having a 72 hour ambulatory EEG right now. Unlike the previous EEGs that he has had, this one is being done at home...much better than sitting around in a hospital room for a couple days.

So we went and got him all set up this afternoon. The tech puts leads on his head with special glue, wraps his head up in gauze, and connects him to a little recording device. If you want to know more about the procedure, you can go to this page. They even have a little video about it.

Jackson did so well when the tech was putting the electrodes on. The glue they use to stick them on is very smelly and Jackson is pretty sensitive to strong smells. He had his ipod with him though so I think that helped to distract him. He made some yucky faces but did not even look seriously bothered by it.

The funny thing is that I waited for him to come home from school on the bus and then drove him to the place in Niles to get it set up. It turns out that the place is about a 60 second drive from his school, which is right on the border of Chicago/Niles. I had no idea that it was so close because I really do not know the suburbs well at all. I would have just picked him up from school if I had known.