November 25, 2008 - So much to tell . . .

Hello All! Well, the title of this post says it all! We have news . . . good news . . . not so good news . . . and more! Where to start? Well, one praise is that we have had a prayer answered! Erik is no longer taking Trileptal (the medication that lowered his sodium) and a few weeks later . . . his sodium levels are normal! This is a BIG deal for us. Now for some other news . . . Erik has been having seizure activity for a few weeks now. Slowly increasing. He had a cold and fever the first week so we thought this could be the cause since any sickness increases his chances of seizures. The cold went away yet the seizures continued. We had his medication levels checked. It takes a week or so to get the results. Before we had the results and were able to change his medications, we woke on Sunday morning with Erik in a Grand Mal seizure. We are not sure what the enemy was up to but the medications we give him to stop this type of seizure did not work. We are not sure how long he had been seizing when we found him but perhaps because it went on for so long before we intervened, this is why it took a while for it to stop. After we gave him his medication, he continued to have intermittent seizure activity. Once an hour had passed, and he continued this pattern, we call the doctor. They indicated that he could be about to go into another Grand Mal seizure and that we should get him to the hospital. We were getting ready to go when Erik went into another Grand Mal seizure. We called 911 to have him taken to the hospital. He continued until around mid-day when he settled. He stayed in the hospital overnight and came home on Monday. We have introduced a new medication to assist with managing the seizures so we ask for your prayers that this will be the answer for Erik. We are not sure what the enemy was trying to accomplish but we are continuing to go THROUGH this! You may recall that many times when Erik has had spells like this, he comes out doing things he has not been able to do before. It is like God is "re-setting" him. This is what we are praying is happening now. Thanks for keeping Erik in your prayers. Happy Thanksgiving to you all! Erik's Family