Medical Update

We've had a busy month of doctor's appointments since the last post. The day before Thanksgiving, Jimmo got his adenoids removed. The poor little guy suffered from a slight case of sleep apnea but also had a runny nose basically 50 weeks out of the year. After waiting for about 3 months to get in with an ENT specialist that works often with special needs children, we found out they were 100% enlarged and needed to come out ASAP. The surgery went very well and the surgeon and anesthesiologist were outstanding. Once again Little Man proved to metabolize medicine very different than other children. After his seizure they said it would take about 2 hours to shake off the Valium. It took about 9 hours. After they removed his adenoids they said it would take about an hour to wake him up. After about 5 hours they wanted to admit him and we convinced them of our history and they finally let us go home.

And an update on our seizures. Praise the Lord we've been seizure free. On 12/2 we went up to Kennedy Krieger for a second opinion. The original neurologist suggested we put him on full time medication for seizure disorder. We'll do what we absolutely need to, but we are all about second opinions in the household. The second neurologist also agreed but recommended a slightly different medication. We're still in decision mode on this and will take the upcoming Christmas holiday to make our decision. But other than that, he's progressing well. School seems to be going fine and potty training...well...we'll just say OK on that one. OK so back to Christmas cards, baking, shopping and all that fun stuff! Fa la la la la, la la la la!