We had the results of S's sleep deprived EEG. Dr. J called it a sleep deprived EEG yet the letter from the hospital EEG department (?) called it a sleep EEG. Given my dealings with the NHS I am not at all suprised to hear it called any number of things by a vast array of 'experts'. I digress. The results were no suprise - epilepsy. Dr J said it was a pattern that suggests absence seizures - school have mentioned these seizures as a possibility - after the classic tonic clonic ones started of course. The neurophysiologist reporting the EEG claims the patterns are suggestive of cerebral palsy - a classic case of skim read the notes then write everything you learnt about oxygen deprivation at birth at university 30 years ago. Dr J laughed when I suggested that perhaps someone with more knowledge should report on the EEG the neurophysiologist is the only one in East Anglia - more confirmation of my theory that the NHS sends (some...) employees out to pasture over here.