Starting at Goalie...

Dominic at Goalie

Dominic is looking more and more like a hockey goalie after this week. He finally got his helmet, along with his leg stabilizers. He's not a huge fan of either, but he's being a good sport about it. We're hoping he won't have to wear the helmet more than a few months. He only has to wear the leg stabilizers a few times a day and at therapy. He should be getting his arm stabilizer in the next couple weeks too. So pretty much he will be covered head to toe in orthoses with the exception of his left arm. The poor kid :o(

Dominic has also continued to have seizures, despite upping his meds. On Wednesday, I was on the phone with Neurology at midnight because he had had 8 seizures in two hours. He has been holding his breath and vomiting when he has seizures which has really started to freak us out. I barley sleep because I'm worried he'll choke on his vomit or stop breathing altogether. The nurse suggested I make sure I'm comfortable with infant CPR. No biggie, no reason to worry, right? I really, really hope it never gets so bad that I need to give my seizing baby CPR. Just another reason I'm anxious to get to Detroit and to get this process moving. Fortunately, we were very lucky that Dominic had a good couple days so Mike and I could get away for our anniversary for a night. We were nervous about leaving him overnight with my parents, not only because of the seizures, but also because of the stress of giving him 8 meds twice a day, the helmet, the SPIO vest etc. It's quite a bit of work looking after this little guy! But as it turned out, Dominic didn't have one seizure while we were gone, praise God! We definitely needed a night away. It was such a wonderful gift to be able to relax and enjoy time just the two of us, without the stress of our daily life.

Treadmill Training at PT

Working on Standing

Dominic, Mitchell and I are headed to Detroit Tuesday morning. Mike needs to stay home and work, so my wonderful sister-in-law is taking Mitchell for the three days we're in the hospital. And my mother-in-law, bless her heart, is going to stay with me in the hospital the entire time. I heard from Dr. Chugani on Friday and it sounds like we'll get the results from the VEEG and PET immediately. Depending on the results, he will review them and put together a surgical plan. There is still a part of me that worries that Dr. Chugani will say that surgery is not going to be an option. Even though he has definitely been diagnosed with Cortical Dysplasia and the seizures have always consistently been complex or simple partials, which indicates they come from only the left side. But I suppose there is always a chance that surgery would not fix the problem. But we continue to pray ferociously that surgery will be the cure to his epilepsy and heal him of the seizures. In the meantime, we are trying to get through each day with a smile on our faces.