Brennan update- from Bradly

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Hello everyone,

 

Thanks so much for all the love, healing and energy sent Brennan's

way. Any more efforts would be vastly appreciated!

 

He is doing much better, as you can see below from my sister Trixie's

e-mail. He's interacting, doing homework, excited about soccer season

coming up, sleeping well and just has lots more energy and is back to

his normal self. I'm not sure what the future holds for him as

regards to this illness. Lets hope and pray that the family is

getting through whatever they need to learn from this, and that

Brennan can stay well and healthy.

 

Thanks again, peace be with you all.

 

Bradly

 

 

Hi,

 

Brennan is doing much better now. He has been on anti-convulsant

medication for a month now. He has not had any seizures for over a

week and a half. He had a couple of unusual " dreams " that woke him

that could have been seizure related but we are unsure. Regardless,

he (and as a result, we) are sleeping much better now. He is much

more like himself, offering to help at home, less fighting,

depression is less or almost gone. The change is amazing. Two weeks

ago he won a " Virtues " award for his class for empathy and showing

kindness and compassion to others and this week he won an award for

being " l'etoile de la semaine! " (student of the week). His teacher

is so happy with his progress. We are still working on catching him

up on work though.

 

As to his medical condition, the pediatrician said he cannot confirm

a diagnosis. It has to be the neurologist. I think we can " assume "

that he does have Epilepsy because he has responded to the medicine

so well and the seizures have stopped. He has complex partial

seizures in the frontal lobe. We have not heard yet about results

from the latest tests. The MRI came back normal so I am guessing

that the problem causing the seizures (cortical dysplasia) is very

small. Our next visit with the neurologist is in August so we cannot

order Brennan a medic alert until the diagnosis is confirmed. The

pediatrician said that he may out grow this condition but cannot say

for sure. All the questions that we asked him we are to ask again in

August at Sick Kids. He wants to know if he answered them right!

 

Those of you who have seen Brennan lately will see a much happier boy

in June at John's wedding.

 

Thanks for all you happy thoughts and prayers.

 

Love,

Trixie

 

(A medic alert is a special bracelet people wear to notify others of

their condition in case of emergency. Sick Kids is the name of a big

Kids hospital in Toronto. -Brad)