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Thursday started off like any other day, but ended quite differently. I had breakfast and lunch, along with my exercises, but I had an overnight sleep study to participate in.

After dinner, my father drove us to the LB Memorial Sleep Study Lab’s Elm Street facility. We checked in around 8pm, and my father was given a rollaway bed to sleep on. He was there in case I needed assistance during the night.

The lab tech, Joshua, took me to a prep room about 10pm and connected me to an assortment of electrodes and sensors. I felt like I was wearing enough wires to set up a small house with a phone system. Joshua then took me back to my room. After I settled into the bed, he connected the wires to the sensor system that would monitor and record my sleep during the night.

I dozed off about 30 minutes later. My father was already snoring in his bed.

A YEAR AGO TODAY: I was in the Neuro ward on the 4th floor. My blood pressure varied from 140/71 to 158/92. I was treated by a neurologist, a speech therapist, and an occupational therapist. My visitors included Brian, Tania, Devon, Lillian Y, Willie, Joyce, and Roger.