I guess the positive conversation we had with Dr. Goldstein yesterday made me overly optimistic. I guess I failed to hear the 'barring any further complications' part of the conversation. I guess I didn't want to believe that anything else could go wrong.
When we were on our way out the door to the hospital today, we got a call from the Nurse Practitioner. She said that Lawson had had an 'episode' where his blood pressure shot way up and his heart rate shot way down. This combination can sometimes be indicitive of a seizure. The nurse said they had also seen him 'lip smacking' which is another sign of seizure in an infant when coupled with those symptoms. There were a ton of doctors in the room when we arrived because he had just had another episode. Although they could not say for sure it was a seizure, they could not rule it out and wanted to pursue it. They called for an ultrasound of his brain and an EEG, similar to and EKG, but they do a reading of brain activity rather than heart activtiy. The doctor said if the ultrasound showed it was a seizure, then we could know for sure, but if it did not show a seizure, it didn't really prove anything. Just before we left this evening, they had the results and the ultrasound said everything looked normal. This would usually make me feel better, but according to the doctor, it doesn't prove anything; we still don't know what's going on. They were going to do the EEG later this evening and call with results . . .
When we were on our way out the door to the hospital today, we got a call from the Nurse Practitioner. She said that Lawson had had an 'episode' where his blood pressure shot way up and his heart rate shot way down. This combination can sometimes be indicitive of a seizure. The nurse said they had also seen him 'lip smacking' which is another sign of seizure in an infant when coupled with those symptoms. There were a ton of doctors in the room when we arrived because he had just had another episode. Although they could not say for sure it was a seizure, they could not rule it out and wanted to pursue it. They called for an ultrasound of his brain and an EEG, similar to and EKG, but they do a reading of brain activity rather than heart activtiy. The doctor said if the ultrasound showed it was a seizure, then we could know for sure, but if it did not show a seizure, it didn't really prove anything. Just before we left this evening, they had the results and the ultrasound said everything looked normal. This would usually make me feel better, but according to the doctor, it doesn't prove anything; we still don't know what's going on. They were going to do the EEG later this evening and call with results . . .
