Keeping you current.... :-)

Hi everybody!

Well another week has gone by and boy were we busy! I went to the neurologist for my follow-up visit to see how I am doing on the Keppra and if my seizures have been under control. And they have! As of late I have been a bit agitated and not quite myself. I have also been pushing my luck a bit by throwing things far more than usual. And I was doing really good about this before, especially at preschool. :-(

Grandma tried to play lego blocks with me while we were waiting for the doctor to come in and examine me. Grandma would pick them up and me, I would just throw them across the room. She asked me to stop and I just ignored her request totally. Bad move on my part now that I look back on this situation. I got put in time-out!

Yes, you are reading this correctly. My grandma told me to sit in the little tyke chair and stay there. I could tell by her tone of voice she meant business! So sit is precisely what I did! And I and sat and I sat and I continued to sit in that silly chair until Dr. McBride came. When Dr. McBride opened the door she stopped abruptly and stood there looking at all of us. It was rather funny cause I could see that she was a bit puzzled by what she saw.

She looked at me, the at grandma, across the room to Lisa...back at me again. Then asked grandma if she had missed something? Grandma told her that I was in time-out for throwing lego blocks. Can you believe it? My grandma tattled on me! Dr. McBride smiled and asked how long I had been sitting there and they replied at least 15 minutes, maybe longer. Dr. McBride got an even bigger smile on her face and said "GOOD GIRL EMMA!" Now what was that all about?

Just when I thought I was about to finally be rescued she walks right by me and sat down on her stool. Then proceeds to talk to my grandma. All the long asking silly questions like; Is she still acting overly sedated? How is her appetite? Is she sleeping well? Blah blah blah. This whole time they still have me stuck sitting in that chair! :-( Some fun visit I was having.....NOT!

Finally, Dr. McBride tells me I can get up. Well this stubborn angel did not budge. I wasn't taking any chances that she was trying to trick me so I waited till all of them told me that I could get up before I moved an inch. And when they did, I got up and went straight to Dr. McBride and let her pick me up. :-) Everyone just giggled and that was that. I got my back looked at, my legs looked at and Dr. McBride told grandma I was a really healthy little angel, overall. Yippee! Finally a little positive turn in my doctor visit. Oh yeah, I also gained a little over a pound since January 2nd. I am finally in the 50 percentile for the first time in my life. I didn't grow any inches but I gained a little weight.

It was decided that I would stay on Keppra for at least another 3 months and add Omega 3 as a supplement to my diet. If I understood all the adult talk going on, Omega 3 has been known to curb the agitation/restless feeling I appear to be experiencing. Something to do with fatty acids?So I imagine they will be slipping another mickey into my strawberry milk soon. Funny how they don't think I know they are putting things in my milk. I guess I will just keep that between all of us for now. Why tell them that I know what they are doing? If they find out that I know they will only look at another method to get these supplements in me and personally I like my food just the way it is. :-)

As for the remainder of my week it went on just fine. Grandma met my teacher, my OT and my PT ladies at school after our visit to the doctor. Rita shared a few excercises she would like me to do at home 2-3 times a week. They are stretching excercises and though they are a bit uncomfortable to do I laugh when grandma does them with me. Seeing her sit on the floor with me is quite funny. She makes me laugh so hard that I forget that I am getting a work-out. And thats just fine with me.

Oh yeah, daddy took Tori and I to lunch Saturday at Red Lobster. We were good as gold for him as usual. Going on dates with daddy is one of our favorite things to do. I guess you could say that Tori and I like older men. Hee-hee! Well, that pretty much sums up of another week in my life. I sure hope all of you are feeling well and had a good week too. Though so many of us had a rocky start to the New Year I hope we can move forward now and have a great 2008. I know I am counting on things looking better soon for all the angels across the world.

Don't forget to keep Matthew and his family in your prayers. They are having a really tough time right now and Matthew needs all the support he can get. Grandma says it is times like this that we much all count our blessings as Fay and Matthew's daddy are really in need of all the prayers we can offer. Special thanks goes out to Darren for keeping the listserv up to date. He is one special man and all of us appreciate his being so supportive of this family in their time of need.

Special Angel hugs and sloppy kisses to all....