John turned 5 years old on Wednesday. This birthday was especially good, as it was his first seizure-free birthday since he was 1. I've been scared to say anything, for fear of jinxing it, but John has not had a single seizure since his first Keppra dose 3 weeks ago. I mean nothing, not even a tiny head drop or eye flutter! This is the first time we've ever seen any clearly noticeable change with a drug. And this is dramatic. We know all too well that the seizures will come back, but it's just been so nice to have this break.
Needless to say, as long as this streak continues, we will not be changing anything with John's diet, herbs, or drugs for quite awhile.
In other news, we had John's last IFSP meeting to talk about his goals and his summer school. He didn't meet a single goal for last year, so all his goals got carried forward. We did manage to get 4 days a week of summer school, but not at the school we were pushing for. It's only 4 weeks, so it wasn't worth a long fight.
We also have a therapist coming to our house twice a week over the summer. Her job is to provide speech therapy, and teach us parents how to incorporate the therapy into our everyday lives. Our first meeting is next week.
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