Day 67

It has been an interesting weekend. On Friday it was decided they would try to take him off the seizure medicine because the side effect has been an increased tremor in his right hand. It finally got to the point where his therapies were effected.
But why does he have to be on seizure meds? Will he always? After a patient has a brain hemorrhage they always go on seizure medicine, typical length of time 6 months. After seeing that these meds are causing side effects the question became are they really needed? Back in the day... at Swedish he was on Keppra for seizures, side effect pancreas levels raise causing extreme stomach pain that kept him from eating for days! They switched to Dilantan which side effects are now showing. (meds spelled as they sound, probably not how they're really spelled) So he has been off all seizure meds since Friday and will have an EEG of his brain in the morning to see if he has had a seizure. Let's hope and pray for a NO, we really want him to be able to stay off any kind of seizure medicine since they seem to cause the most trouble.

On a happy note, he gets to go for an eye exam in the morning. It has been decided that getting temporary glasses to help him see for rehab is better than waiting until his eyes regulate on their own. He does have some previous vision concerns that I'll try to get better clarified so it makes sense when I post lol. Typically they don't allow patients to go for eye exams of any kind, because it's not so much a vision problem as it is the eyes and brain are having to relearn how to send signals. In Scott's case he needs glasses to help his brain progress with this process.

No one has said Scott is typical through this intire ordeal :) Diane