The school reported that Maria had 3-4 seizures on Thursday. They called Cathy who told them to administer her emergency medicine and Maria stayed at school. Then yesterday they called saying she had another 3-4 seizures so she got another dose of emergency meds and Cathy took her out of school early. We’re concerned and have an appointment with the neurologist on Monday.
From what they’ve described, I’m not convinced the episodes were seizures. Maria’s been constipated lately and she stiffens when she gets abdominal cramps. I’d rather they were oversensitive to the possibility of the seizures rather than ignoring them, but the symptoms they were talking about didn’t fit the episodes we have seen. They mentioned one of the seizures lasted over a minute, which we haven’t seen since she started meds two years ago. They were witnessed by several people who said they were “definitely” seizures, but even a neurologist can’t say whether something is definitely a seizure without an EEG.
Other than being zoned out by the drugs, Maria did well yesterday. She ate like crazy, better than I’ve seen her eat in a long time. She was a little cranky on and off but mostly was all smiles. We were at Johnny Rockets yesterday and I was feeding her some carrots. The instant the chocolate shake hit the table, Maria focused on it and refused to eat anything else. Whatever other problems she has, the girl knows her chocolate.
Maria goes back to the Jin Shin Jyutsu lady today for the first time in a month. We are curious to see what effect that will have. It’s just a few days until Daddy comes home and I’m sure that will make Maria feel better as well.