On Thursdays I have the pleasure of taking the kids to school. Though it can be frustrating, as any parent with young kids will attest (ASD or no ASD), to get the 2 of them out of the house so that we are not late, it gives me a very limited glimpse into what it is like for Tracy and my mom (who is our primary source of childcare when we are at work) on a daily basis. I really do enjoy it, when my compulsion for punctuality does not get in the way because it gives me the chance to see the two of them in a different environment away from the house. I also get to talk with people I don’t always get the opportunity to have a lot of direct contact with, both at K’s pre-school and at his sister’s school. This way I get to feel that I am still directly involved in what is going on instead of always having the information relayed to me secondhand. It also helps me feel that I am contributing to the “family”cause as well, and not always relying on others to take care of the day to day business of the household.

So it was this past Thursday the kids and I were in the car heading off to school when I had the overwhelming sensation of having forgotten something. A quick inventory; 2 kids, lunches, backpacks, communication book it was all here and we were early too, something was just not right. It was not until lunch time when I received a call from Tracy that it came to me in a rush, I had forgotten to give K his anti-seizure medication! We had started documenting our experience with using Tegretol to control K’s absence seizures and how it was affecting him, his school, and his home life. Suffice it to say, after what transpired I don’t think we need to have any discussion about whether we continue to use the medication or not.

Miss M. and Miss C. from his pre-school are so incredibly tuned into K that when Tracy came to pick him up they asked if we had changed anything or if anything new was happening with his treatment. He not only did not appear to be himself but they witnessed 3 minor episodes in the short 3 hours that he attends. Since we got his dosage stabilized and have been giving it to him routinely, except for this minor transgression, he has not been having any seizure activity that we or his pre-school have noticed and in my opinion has really been having a developmental spurt.

I feel that since his dosage has stabilized that he has really been improving. He is much more interactive with us and his sister as well as more communicative. We are really beginning to see his personality come shining through and though I was never really sure that we were seeing a lot of seizures the medication has definitely been helping. The recent flourish in K has very likely been attributable to the medication, and I think I confirmed this with my unintentional, yet very informative, experiment.

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