Father's Day

I thought I would post some pictures from our father's day get together at Lucky Lab.

John and Grandpa:
John, Dad, and Maya:

Another EEG fiasco

We took John in for another routine EEG. The last time we did this, he screamed for a long time and we had to forcefully hold him down so he wouldn't tear the leads off his head. So, we were prepared for a battle, but what we didn't take in to consideration is that John is 2 years older and a lot stronger now.
This went about as bad as you can imagine. We had to hold him tightly while he screamed just to get the leads stuck on. Then he didn't calm down at all for the actual test. Yoshie had to sit on top of him while I held his hands. He is incredibly tough and was able to escape my grasp a couple of times to pull a wire or two off. He fought and screamed for probably an hour. I really doubt they got any usable data from that. There are just too many artifacts that they would have to sift through. He did finally wear himself completely out and laid there quietly for about 2 minutes before resuming his rampage. Maybe they can get something from that.
Next time, we'll have to sedate him.
John was back to his happy self the second we left that room, but Yoshie and I were exhausted and we skipped the blood draw. I guess we'll have to go back to do that soon.

Happy Birthday!

John celebrated his 8th birthday on Sunday. We had the family over for a party and he had a great time. He now understands that the presents are for him, and he can open them by himself.
We got him a big ball that he can climb in:


We also took him out to lunch at his favorite Vietnamese Pho restaurant.


He's definitely growing up. School is out soon, but we have a lot of activities planned for him over the summer. Hopefully the weather will turn more summer-like soon.