Update on Sam - May 2010

I know many of you have been praying and asking about Sam's test. On Friday, Sam had a repeat EEG to see if the anti-seizure medication is working. We didn't receive news as good as we were hoping.



Sam has Absence seizures. He is having 50+ a day. Absence seizures are brief episodes of staring. Another name for them is petit mal. During the seizure, awareness and responsiveness are impaired. People who have them usually don't realize when they've had one. There is no warning before a seizure, and the person is completely alert immediately afterward. The EEG, which lasted about 30 minutes total, showed that he had seizures lasting anywhere from 1-2 seconds to 7-9 seconds depending on the stimuli (breathing hard, blinking light).



The neurologist has decided to gradually double his medication. On this medication, he should seeing a clear and clean EEG and he isn't. Hopefully, as we gradually get to the right dosage, we can get this under control.Please continue prayers for our sweet boy.