So this week, the family met with a doctor that specializes in seizures and seizure control. This was a doctor that Dr. A had recommended we see to help keep in control of the seizures. We learned that while Dad was in the hospital back in August, he had 27 seizures over a 2.5-3 day span while he was hooked up to the video/brain wave monitoring. Definitely not something you want the high score in!!!! These seizures were seen only in brain waves and they were near the right side of the brain near the edges of the tumor, according to the specialist.
At this point with his medication, we have to weigh the benefits and the risks of altering his medication. We think his extreme tiredness is partially caused by the seizure medication, however changing his medications too much could cause more seizures to occur which we obviously want to avoid. At this point we are not going to make any changes and just see how things go. We'll go back in 6 months for a follow up appointment.
Next week we have another MRI (already, time has flown!) to check the 3rd spot and see if there have been any changes. Prayers for good results would be appreciated!!!
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