Saturday January 5th

Dawson's neurologist did have a chance to review his EEG in its entirety and called us back with the following results.
The Hypsarhythmia that he once had, the constant misfiring of the brain that causes you not to be able to develop are gone. His EEG showed no traces of Hypsarhythmia!!!!!
From what we have been able to see from his progress, we suspect that they have been gone for a while. Probably since we started his ACTH injections. It is nice to see it confirmed on an EEG though.

Those small cluster of spasms that he has been having some days she was able to diagnose as well. She called them Myoclonic jerks or Myoclonic spasms. I have not done alot of reading on these but Dr Bebin kept saying this is much better. She feels that we will be able to control these with the Keppra, and we have already upped his dosage on that starting last night.

She said she was also able to pinpoint from where in the brain these spasms were originating. They are coming from a small focal point in the right side of the brain. The ones he was having before concerned the entire brain, now we are dealing with one small part of the brain. We pray that God will heal these as well and that soon he will be seizure free forever.

I think he has fully recovered from his EEG as he has woken this morning in his usual great mood. He is so full of smiles. He watches us walk across the room and just smiles the entire time. He also spent a lot of time watching himself in the mirror this morning. Yet another something new.

So far God has allowed him to beat the odds of this horrible disorder and we praise him for that

Thanks for checking up on him and we love you all

Jeff and Allison