Boston Medical Center, Here We Come...

I was not expecting to hear from them this soon, but the hospital called this morning to get the ball rolling for Katelyn's 24-hour EEG. It will take place next Wednesday! We have an appointment for a neurological evaluation at 10am and then she will be admitted for the procedure. The pediatric neurologist who will be doing the procedure sounds wonderful, and he has experience specifically with autism, which makes me feel very comfortable.

We started Katelyn on the low-dose Keppra and so far she seems to be tolerating it. She actually seemed to be able to focus more and was actually interested in playing and interacting today, which is a very good sign. She also did not appear to have any of the strange facial movements that we suspect could be the seizures, but she did cry spontaneously and thrash around a little bit from time to time, for no reason that was obvious to me. I really hate the idea of having to medicate her, especially since we are not even 100% sure that she is having seizures, but we have put our trust in the doctor. Hopefully we will be able to get some answers after the testing next week.