Today was Jake's appointment with the neurologist. Overall it was a good appointment. His MRI looked great. We now have irrefutable evidence that Jake has brain matter, no never mind what anyone else thought! His EEG had some very minor abnormalities in it. The EEG measures the electrical current in the brain and how it interacts with all the circuits (to best of my knowledge.) His EEG had about two minutes worth of some minor abnormalities. (Jake said that just proves our theory of him being abnormal!) The doctor said that it could just be a fluke or somewhat of a misread, but then it could be a sign of some problems. She said with that kind of results Jake would have about a 50/50 % chance of having another seizure. She said he had three options. 1 - Be put on seizure medicine for a couple of years; 2 - Keep going on like his is and take the risk of the possibility of having a seizure again; or 3 - Get another EEG and see if the abnormalities show up again. Of course Jake chose 3. He has to go in next Monday for another EEG. This time the doctor really wants him to be sleep deprived. Last time he was only allowed 4 hours of sleep. This time he needs even less sleep. If the abnormalities show up again then he will probably need to take some type of medicine. If they don't show up then we consider it a fluke. I hope and pray that it is a normal reading. We won't know the results of the 2nd test until December 16th on his next doctor's appointment.
Utah law states that a person who has a seizure is not allowed to drive for three months from the time of the seizure. That was a big bummer for Jake. He jokes about me taking him on his dates, but only if we could get some kind of glass closure like they have in limo's. Ha ha! His ward, friends and co-workers have been great to take him places. His bishop said that the ward would pull together to make sure he was able to continue working, going to school and doing his cows. (Bud doesn't have anymore cows, just Jake. Bud, however, has been taking care of them since this happened. Jake wanted to keep some cows - he said it is a stress reliever. I think Bud ruined the boy!!!) My last day at work is the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. I guess I will have a new job as chauffeur!
Keep my boy in your prayers - it helps!
Thanks and much love,
Mel
3 comments:
We will for sure have him in our prayers! And tell him if he needs a ride and cant find one then call Brian (he comes home on thursday) I know he would love to help.
I told my parents about this! We will continue to pray for him!
Hmmm. I guess it's not the best news, but I'm glad they are going to take a look at it just in case there really is something wrong. I'm going to the temple tomorrow & will be sure to put his name down.
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