Good news from the Doc

Well we went and had and EEG done yesterday to make sure Conner was not having seizures. After some screaming due to them measuring his head, writing all over it, putting cold gel and some goopy stuff on each spot marked, some little electrodes that supposedely suction to his head, all wrapped in an ace bandage, he finally calmed down for a nap. He slept through most of it. After that we saw the Dr. and he said he did not see any seizure activity. He also said he saw some spikes while Conner was sleeping which is a great sign. I guess that means he falls into a deeper sleep that some of these kids never reach. He said it was pretty normal. He also told us to keep our fingers crossed that he does not develop seizures later and that the fact that he has not already is promising.

The Dr. did however prescribe Conner a cranial molding helmet. Conner likes to sleep on a particular side of his head, and it has caused that side to be flat and misshapen. We will hopefully get that soon to correct that. I just hope it is somewhat comfortable for him and not hurt. I guess we will see.

I guess it's a good thing that we left town when we did. When I called Michael yesterday to give him the great news, he answered sounding pittiful. I asked what was wrong and he caught the stomach bug that both Randy and Emma had the day before. So we are staying in Ft. Worth an extra day to try to avoid that and get some Christmas shopping done.

Almost time for another Dr. visit...

Well we travel to Ft. Worth yet again for another Dr. visit on Thursday. This time it is the neurologist. We will be having an EEG done to see if Conner is having any seizure activity. It seems as if he has been staring off into space lately (might be absence seizures), but it usually only happens when he is sleepy. Since he sometimes sleeps with his eyes partly open it's very hard to tell. He also had a swallow study done before Thanksgiving that went awful. Hendricks is a great hospital, but they are completely ill prepared when doing a swallow study on a small child. We have decided to wait and have another one done when he gets better head control and starts to tolerate sitting for longer periods. It will also be done at Cook Children's.

He has been making great advances in his physical therapy lately. He can sit with assistance and hold his head steady for several seconds now. He also will lift it longer and higher during tummy time and continues to roll over. So we'll keep working on it.

His respite nursing will begin soon. I'm kind of nervous about that. I have not left Conner with anyone besides Michael, his Nan, or his Grandma so I think it will take me some time to trust this person watching my son. We will have 19 and 1/2 hours per weeks. That will give me uninterrupted time for my transcription and school work which will be nice. I can also go to Walmart without spraying everything we touch with lysol to keep Conner from getting sick.

Roo had puppies on the 6th of December. They are getting bigger and whine quite a bit. I'm ready for them to be gone already. We have promised two of them to certain people, only three to go. They should be ready around the middle of January.