Despite our best efforts to keep our house free from dangers, John still manages to have seizures in the worst possible places. Last night he had a seizure in front of the TV, and fell on the corner of the TV stand. He got a pretty good cut on his left eyelid, and it started swelling quickly. It was hard to tell how serious it was, so we took him to the urgent care clinic. As usual, we had to wait over an hour to see a doctor. By the time the doctor finally saw him, the swelling had gone down and the cut had closed up nicely. He said he wouldn't recommend stitches in this case, and I happily agreed.
Because of this, John got to sleep rather late. We thought that would mean he would at least sleep through the night. Unfortunately, that didn't happen. He was up from 12:00 am until 2am. Thankfully, he did sleep until after 8am this morning, so at least he got a good 8 hours of sleep (still about 4 hours short of what I think he needs). He had a lot of seizures during those couple of hours in the middle of the night, so our streak of decent days is sure to come to an end today.
The good news is that the side effects of the Lamictal appear to be limited to sleep problems. He seems to be full of energy during the day, and very happy.
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