Wednesday 25 July 2012

A Really Great Day

You know how there are some announcements you rehearse in your head, anxiously waiting to tell people? Well, they're bloody hard to translate into a blog :p so I'll just hash it out and bore you with the details. I'm sure you'll pick up on the exciting bits :)



Two weeks we took Chloe up to CHEO for her EEG. All went well with the exception that she wouldn't fall asleep. Tony, our tech, was really nice about it and even tried to stretch the test but alas, no nap.  So with that I was pretty sure we had just wasted everyones time and was bummed out. 15 minutes later everything changed. We met with Dr. Sell and he was really pleased to tell us that the hypsarrhythmia* is no longer showing on the EEG. What this means, if you're just tuning in, is that the thing in Chloe's brain that has been causing the spasms is no longer present (apparently). We can't use the term 'cured' (yet) but as of the tomorrow we're going to start weaning Chloe off the Prednisolone (VERY slowly). We couldn't be happier. Today marks 33 days since Chloe's had any spasms... Here's praying it continues.


*Hypsarrhythmia (hip-sa-ryth-mia) In simpler terms, it is a very chaotic and disorganized brain electrical activity with no recognizable pattern, whereas a normal EEG shows clear separation between each signal and visible pattern.

2 comments:

  1. Whoo hoo!! Praise God!! So excited for you guys!

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  2. YAHOO!!!!!! That's great news. I bet you'll be glad to get her of the Pred..

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