I’m very happy to say that things have returned to ‘normal’ now in that Ella’s seizures are once again under control. Yeah! From our meeting with Dr. Duffy yesterday, it sounds like if all goes as planned without uncontrollable flare-ups and provided that Ella has a normal left brain hemisphere, surgery will be scheduled for when she is about a year old.
From what we are learning about brain plasticity (i.e., the ability to compensate), this gives us renewed hope. Ella has now returned to the smiley, alert baby she was before. She is absolutely precious when she lights up in a smile. She is struggling to hold up her heavy head and becoming more and more responsive to our voices, lights and some objects, like her musical teddy bear mobile hung over her bed.