April, 5

Little Claire had a busy day. We started with a large blood draw for many lab tests. Then went into an EEG followed immediately by an Ultrasound. The Ultrasound showed that the stroke area is continuing to shrink, which is tremendously good news.

The EEG is still showing abnormal activity and what is known as Electronic Seizures--or seizures that don't necessarily manifest in physical behavior. The Pediatric Neurologists has upped the Phenobarbital treatments and has begun consulting with a Pediatric Epilepsy Specialist at OHSU.

The Doctors have ordered an MRI for tomorrow. They believe that the reduction of the stroke area is inconsistent with the electronic seizures she has and they are going to be looking at the blood vessels around the damaged area.

For us, this means more waiting.