Moving Forward and Making Stuff

Last weekend, Ian had a 48-hour EEG. We recently reduced his dosage of his epilepsy medicine drastically, because of side effects. The doctor wanted to see if the micro-dose that he was taking was good enough.

Grounded for the weekend, we still kept busy. We made a YouTube video for kids teaching them about EEGs. I made a website, Facebook page, and newsletter for my new autism business. We put away the Christmas ornaments and doodads. Steve and Jonah dragged the tree out of the house like a dead body, leaving a trail of pine needles. Grimm The Kitten is sad, because he regarded the tree as his own personal giant cat toy.

Jonah and I slipped out for a few hours to attend a CPR class – a state requirement for Ian’s DDD funding.

We made food.

I took pictures of books for the book shop.

And after we extracted the electrodes that were attached to his head with big globs of wax, we went for a walk in the snow dusted streets. Later, we went out to dinner with my folks.

Yesterday afternoon, the doctor called. She said that Ian’s EEG was clean. No signs of seizures. So, we’re going to take him off the remaining bits of medicine and watch him for six months. She hopes that he’s outgrown the condition. Really great news.