Showing posts with label epilepsy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label epilepsy. Show all posts

22 October 2011

New Challenge, Same Faith ;)

We got Esias' test results back regarding the seizures he had back in August.  Esias' brain was normal according to his MRI (praise God) but his EEG was abnormal.  He was then diagnosed with Benign Rolandic Epilepsy.  Basically, not dangerous, seizures happen at night during sleep and usually go away in their teens.  There can also be tingling, numbness, and twitching of the mouth, tongue, and face.  We're wondering if this has anything to do with his apparent lack of feeling in his mouth and his drooling, but the doctor thinks those two conditions are unrelated.  I think we might find out otherwise ;)  We are good!  We are very positive about his challenges.  He is doing very well and making slow but steady progress talking and eating.  We are very pleased that he has not had any notable seizures since August.  So, we march on!  We love our little dude!
The other night, his feeding tube fell out so that was exciting!  We couldn't get it back in; I suspect its been slowing growing back from the inside out because he was growing and "out"growing the size of it.  Anyway since he rarely used it anyway we just let it go.  He can drink all the calories he needs orally even if chewing is an issue.  He is soooo happy that it's out!