They put a scope down her throat to check things out...and GUESS WHAT?!? All was PERFECT! Not a thing wrong. She came out of the OR with no breathing tube & no trach! We were so excited I could hardly contain myself.
Oh and about her seizures. The shots are WORKING! Her Phenobarbital level was 77 a couple of days ago. Now, as you may recall we were trying to keep that between 90-100. We are now weaning her off of her medications too! Can you believe it?!?! The ACTH shots were just what she needed. No nasty side affects of medications anymore (like too much sleep time!)
She is having wonderful alert time & sleep times. Talking up a storm! In fact, Saturday night she decided it was her turn to keep us (me) up. She talked all night long & then slept most of the day on Sunday. Crazy girl! She has got it turned back around the right way now though.
She is doing so well that we came home Saturday afternoon & she is almost completely weaned off of the oxygen! She went 9 hours today without ANY whatsoever. I plugged her back in this evening because she started to show some low numbers & I wanted to give her a break throughout the night. But 9 HOURS!!! Prior to this, she wouldn't even last an hour before needing the oxygen again, so this is major improvement. This included taking her for a ride & having to be in her car seat. Which normally she doesn't do very well in her seat.
Lets keep our fingers crossed that the shots continue to work. Normally these shots are only a 2-4 week treatment. When you stop them, the seizures are supposed to be under control for a while, sometimes forever. If the seizures continue, you repeat the treatment. We are not sure what is going to happen in her case, seems how hers are so hard to control. Only time will tell.
Thanks for all of your continued prayers. I'll send another email again soon.
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