Now, it's a waiting game. Waiting for seizures. It's ironic that we spend so much of our waking hours hoping and praying that he has doesn't have seizures, but now we actually want him to have them. (In case you missed something, the purpose of this hospital stay is to observe his seizures to determine which side of the brain they are originating from. Therefore, the more seizures, the better.)
Yesterday was another good day for Josh. They took him off morphine at about 6 a.m. and he didn't ask for any pain medicine until about 9 p.m., when they gave him percoset (sp?). As a way to induce seizures, they sleep deprived him last night until about 2:30 a.m. As if being in a hospital isn't sleep depriving enough, right? We'll see if it worked today. They have also eliminated one of the two anti-seizure meds that he takes and will reduce the other one today, to induce seizures.
p.s. the clock on this blog is early by about 3 hours and I can't seem to reset it. I am up early, but not at 3 in the morning.
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Hi All,
ReplyDeleteMorgan tried to write a message yesterday, but there is a weird time delay on my keyboard lately and she couldn't stand it. Well, just let Josh know that she is thinking about him and says hi.
So what time are visiting hours at that place? We are considering a road trip.
Visiting hours for you, Kelly, and your family are anytime! They are very flexible here and Josh loves schmoozing with friends and family. Give us a call, if you like.
ReplyDeleteThanks. We will certainly call before we head down. It will probably be me and Morgan and maybe Erin.
ReplyDeleteWonderful news from the neurosurgery team, Jerry. I am sure it is hard to be waiting for Josh to have seizures, but I am praying this will help a pattern to emerge to help the doctors to figure out the next step to help Josh become seizure free.
ReplyDeleteRobyn, Love and misses to you, too.
Hugs to Rebecca and Josh.
The Golden-Marx family
First- to fix the time stamp, go to Dashboard, then the Settings tab, then the Formatting tab. Scroll day and make sure the time stamp is GMT- 5:00 Eastern Time. Hopefully that will fix the problem.
ReplyDeleteSecond- I am just catching up. I am so glad to hear how well Josh is doing. I hope he has those seizures soon so they can finish up phase I.
Thanks, Jen. It was set for pacific time.
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