News about Aidan

I took Aidan in for his EEG and MRI, and today I got the results. He has just had the one seizure, but they wanted to check to see if the tests would show they he could have more episodes or not. One reason they are cautious is because Aidan's left side of his body is slightly weaker than his right side. I noticed when he was a baby that his right nostril and right lip were slightly bigger than the left. I asked the doctor about it, he said we would need to wait and see. It isn't very noticeable (I bet most of you didn't know, but if you go back and look at pics of him, you may see it, too). But, I didn't want it to become a problem in the future. I kept being aware of everything, and by the time he was ready to crawl, I noticed he did most of the work on his right side, and was already using only his right hand (you are not supposed to be able to tell "handedness" until about 18 months old), and so I got him into physical therapy. Although he really isn't too far behind, he does still favor his right side--going up steps ONLY right footed, weaker if he tries to go up on the left foot, etc. So, because of this, we wanted to make sure there wasn't a difference in the brain sizes on each side, etc. The MRI shows that all is normal. The EEG shows there is abnormalities in the left frontal area. They really don't think there is a connection between this and his left side weakness. But the results do show that there could be (just could be, not necessarily that there willl be) more seizure episodes. But, because of the normal MRI, they think it is something that he will grow out of. So, really this is good news. We are not going to put him on medication, though we could if we felt so. We do have "rescue medicine" (if he has a seizure that lasts longer than 5 minutes, and there are no paramedics on the way, we give it to him. It only costs over 300$... and that is with insurance taking 400$ish). If he does have another seizure then we probably will put him on medicine. We just wait and see if that happens. He is a happy wonderful sweet child. We are so glad that there is good news to share, and pray that all continues to go well.

This is early in the morning (4 am!!!) before the EEG.

With all the "probes" on his head.

Happy, silly, and a mummy!

And here he is with his "buddy" before his MRI. He wasn't at all happy about the IV they put in his arm. Poor guy. But now he is all smiles. (the EEG and MRI were supposed to be on the same day, but the day before, they called to say the MRI machine was broken, so we had to do it on two different days.)