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Family life (grandfather’s illness, out-of-town family coming to visit, co-ordination with in-laws [my parents], etc.) has been rather stressful lately. Stacy is holding up rather well under the weight of it though.
I’ve noticed that she is, for the first time since I’ve known her, actually expressing and releasing anger as an emotion lately. [...]
Stacy had an atonic seizure Friday, March 25 at ~1:40pm. She dropped to her knees and bruised them slightly on the tile floor. The bruises are almost gone today.
She also had a jerk (myoclonic seizure) while sitting on the couch Saturday, March 27 at roughly 6:30pm.
Today marks two weeks since her last tonic-clonic/grand [...]
Stacy had a small seizure today at roughly 5pm. She jerked and was aware of it. Fortunately, she did not fall down or make a mess while working in the kitchen.
She is under tremendous stress right now as her grandfather is not well. They spent the afternoon together discussing arrangements for when [...]
Stacy had her weekly LENS neurofeedback session today at Dr. White’s office. On the way there, while passing a Golf supply store, she saw a one armed man leaving the store. She made a comment about it and it took me a minute to understand the significance (I blame my lack of snap [...]
Today (specifically in the morning), I noticed that Stacy was having difficulty with her short term memory. Twice she asked me about a subject that we had discussed a few hours earlier. When I brought this to her attention, she remembered having the conversation, but could not remember the details of what was [...]
At the request of my husband and my doctors, I am trying to be normal… seizure free. However, it is not easy. I am currently seeing 3 Doctors. One is a Neurologist (Dr. Gilbert Manso), One is a Psychologist (Dr. Nancy White), & one is a Chinese Therapist (Dr. Susan Yang). [...]
Dr. Manso has prescribed Dilantin for Stacy. She is supposed to take one pill with dinner and another one just before going to bed. She started taking the Dilantin yesterday, March 18.
This diary will be used to track Stacy’s seizure activity and treatments. To get it started, here is a list of Stacy’s recent grand mal seizure activity. We have not been tracking her “jerks”, but we intend to start logging them here as best we can.
March 14 - 2:50pm (sitting on couch)
March 14 [...]