次男と歩く-脳波検査

2年ぶりでしょうか。
次男の脳波検査に、アルバータ州立子供病院にやってきました。
説明しても理解できない次男。
頭にいろいろと電極を付けられることに、必死で抵抗をしていました。
看護師さんが2名がかりで、体を押さえつけるひとと、電極を付けるひとと。
妻も必死に抵抗する次男を押さえつけていました。

必死に抵抗しながら、時折わたしのほうを見て、目で助けを訴える次男。
「Stop Please 」「Please」「Please」
と何度もプリーズを言って、必死にお願いをしていました。

決して痛いわけでもないですし、悪いことをしている訳では無いのですが・・・
理解が出来な次男は必至に抵抗していました。

電極をつけおえ、頭に包帯をぐるぐる巻きにされてもなお、抵抗し、その包帯を取ろうとしていました。

部屋の明かりを消して、妻に抱っこされたままの次男。
携帯で楽しい動画を見ながら、気が付いたらスヤスヤ眠っていました。

なんとか、予定の脳波検査時間を終えることができました。

結果は、1週間後になります。

この脳波の診断によって、現在でも一日に二回飲んでいる痙攣を止める為の薬が減るのか、そのまま継続なのかが決まります。
次男が病気をしてから約4年飲み続けている薬。
いつか、必要無くなる時が来るのでしょうか。

よく頑張ったよ、次男。

It's been two years since We've been here.
We came to the Alberta Children's Hospital for my second son's EEG test.
My second son didn't understand even when I explained it to him.
He was desperately resisting the various electrodes being attached to his head.
It took two nurses, one to hold him down and one to attach the electrodes.
My wife was also holding down my second son who was desperately resisting.

While desperately resisting, my second son would occasionally look at me and plead for help with his eyes.
He kept saying, "Stop please," "Please," "Please," and "Please."
Please", "Please", "Please", and "Please" over and over again.

It's not that it hurts, and I'm not doing anything wrong, but...
My second son, who didn't understand, resisted desperately.

Even after the electrodes were attached and a bandage was wrapped around his head, he still resisted and tried to remove the bandage.

The lights in the room were turned off, and my wife was still holding my second son in her arms.
He was watching a fun video on his cell phone and was fast asleep when he came to.

We managed to finish the scheduled EEG test time.

The results will come in a week.

Depending on the diagnosis of the EEG, it will be decided whether the medication to stop the seizures, which he still takes twice a day, will be reduced or will be continued.
He has been taking this medication for about four years since his second son got sick.
Will there come a time when he won't need it anymore?
You did a good job, my second son.