I have posted before about K’s seizures and what we have been through to rule out some of the potential causes of this aberrant brain activity. So we recently started K’s anti-seizure medication, Tegretol, to see if they can help alleviate his absence seizures as they have been continuing to occur despite our trying to manage them with more natural methods . I think the frequency of occurrence is not that great but after talking with K’s neurologist, and getting excellent feedback from K’s preschool about how frequently they see his episodes, we decided that it was a win-win situation for trying the medication. Continue reading →

Today was the big day, the day we have waited 9 months for. The purpose for the MR was to rule out any underlying pathology that may be causing K’s seizures (he has partial, or absence, seizures), and though we know the risks of finding anything are low we are both pretty nervous about the outcome. So concerned in fact that we contacted private MR clinics in 3 provinces to see if we could get it done sooner. Continue reading →