Not good news. The EEG showed that Ella’s right hemisphere is seizing constantly. Dr. Duffy said this is the ‘next level’ towards uncontrollable seizures, that it is necessary to stop these as soon as possible and hopefully we can buy another month or two of quiet. Surgery is what is waiting down the line, but we want to let her grow a bit and reduce the risks involved. She was started on Dilantin last night with the hopes of it quickly controlling the seizures. It didn’t.
The doctors are due soon and I hope they will come up with something that will. Throughout all of this Ella is in good spirits. She is smiling a lot and doesn’t seem to mind the twitching in her left side. I don’t know how this doesn’t bother her. It looks like it should.
It sure bothers me.