Thursday, June 4, 2009

Keeping us busy!

Jen has been keeping us busy this past couple weeks. One good thing, her seizures seemed to settle a bit the past few weeks, still having them daily but fewer and less severe. But of course if those are better controlled, she must still keep us on our toes! Last week we had a new problem with her feeding tube which called for a visit to the Hospital, of course this was on a day she was scheduled for botox in her ankles, and at different hospitals all together. Needless to say the botox appt. got cancelled and we dealt with the g-tube issue. Ever since she had the g-tube, we are also dealing with her comfort level of her TLSO brace. It has caused more problems than good lately. Along with her therapist we have decided to discontinue it for the next week as we have an orthopedic appointment and hopefully they will have a better solution. There was talk of a molded type chair instead of the TLSO last time we were there, so we are hoping to be able to pursue that. Jen is just so uncomfortable in the brace, and we know it is not helping maintain her spine at this point, so we will wait til next week for the final decision with the doctor. SO.....now we have the g-tube resolved for now, the TLSO on hold, her botox appointment rescheduled, thinking we are on a good path again......until late this afternoon, I heard from her school nurse, she has had way too many seizures today, and then on the bus ride home had 2 more!!! She is settled for the night, and I am hoping a good night sleep will help for a good day tomorrow. Like I said, she keeps us on our toes!!

1 comment:

  1. thank you for showing me this site! i really hope she gets the molded chair. i love her red hair. kimmie has that sideways look and always crosses her legs :). jen is so tall i dont know how you do it. i know all about seizures!! does she have cluster seizures? im gona create a page for kimmie as soon as we get back from camping this weekend. thx again

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