I've been wondering now for a while if maybe she's been experiencing petite seizures or now referred to as absence seizures.
Every so often I watch her become very still and stare off ,as if she's day dreaming and a million miles away. The difference here though is that she's gone, for maybe 10 seconds or more I can't get her to respond to me until its over.
I touch her and call her name but she's unresponsive and its scary. What I've read has mentioned that this can go on many times a day and can , of course, imped learning. I spoke with her pediatrican that recommended we see someone right away to ensure all is good and/or figure what a game plan might look like if they are in fact happenining.
The course of action. Sleep deprive her as much as possible before her 9:30 am appointment the following day. So we kept her up until 10 pm the night before and woke her up a 4:30 the next morning. (Usually she goes to bed at 7:30 or 8 and wakes up anywhere from 6:30 to 7:30 am.)
John took the am shift and was very gracious about letting me sleep a while longer. His favorite coffee shop opened at 5 am so off they went to start dads day with a cup of joe. They even went for a walk to watch the sunrise.
I'm quite surprised that the mood she's in is a great one. Great until we're at the doctors and the technician starts to place the probes or discs on her head, all 26 of them. After measuring her head and placing sharpie marks all over to identify where the disks will go, Hannah was having no more of that. The challenge begins..
We took with us her favorite babies and blanket to help calm her and comfort her. And as well our Dvd player for her to watch "curious George", they helped and were certainly needed but only for so long was she taking of any of this .
It took longer then I thought to put everything in place. Of course Hannah's co-operation would of made it better but hey, she was doing great for a child that was so tired and hates to have her head touched.
The tech. managed to get 20 minutes of brain activity that she said looked like a good reading. Hannah had had enough at that point and both John and I were starting to get stressed holding her down so we said "enough". Time while she slept would of been helpful but some how I don't think that was going to happen.
A few reading resourse I found helpful so I could then talk to my daughters doctor.
http://www.webmd.com/epilepsy/guide/understanding-absence-seizure-basics
http://www.webmd.com/epilepsy/understanding-absence-seizure-symptoms