a quick update

val's bloodwork & initial EEG were normal (thank God!!) we had the consult with the neurologist, who thinks it's something called shuddering attacks. it's pretty common in toddlers, & totally harmless & kids grow out of it with no harm done. shuddering attacks mimic absence seizures exactly (which is what the pediatrician & i thought it was) except that the child does not lose consciouness during an attack & will have a normal EEG during an attack. so although we think it's just shuddering attacks the only way to definitively rule out seizures is to do a 48 hour EEG & catch him having an attack. monday, we go in to get him hooked up (20 electrodes all over his head, that get attched to a backpack he wears, & then the whole ensemble gets wrapped up like a turban to (hopefully) keep him from pulling it all off.) we go back in tuesday to have whatever he's pulled off monday reattached, & he gets it off for good on wednesday. one of us will have to be pretty much joined at the hip with val the entire time, to keep him (& conrad) from destroying the EEG contraption. we'll even have to sleep with him. so while i'm sure the test will be a huge pain in the butt, i'm even more sure that we need to do it bc i will not rest easy until we can say with certainty that it's only shuddering attacks & nothing more.

the boys are now starting to throw things at me, so my computer time is coming to an end, but i wanted to update while i had the chance. thanks for all the good wishes! please keep them coming & i'll keep you all posted. :)