Things went well again for Brady up until 7:19am on August 18th when he had a petite mal seizure. This was the first time he endured a petite mal; all of his previous seizures have been grand mals. A petite mal is definitely the lesser of 2 evils.
It was much shorter and much less traumatic. He didn't fall over on his side with this one. He had this one standing with me holding onto him. He was stiff and convulsing, but no real thrashing or paddling and just a small amount of drool as opposed to a massive amount of drool with a grand mal. He didn't lose control of his bladder either. It was over rather quickly and when it was he wasn't panting excessively and he wasn't staggering or weak. This one was definitely different than the others.
On August 19 at 4:33am another petite mal seizure occurred. This one was as mild as the one the morning before. After a conversation with Dr. Slayman, I was instructed to increase the phenobarbital from 81 mg twice a day to 97.2 mg twice per day and to recheck blood levels in a month. I set the appointment for Sept.25th at 10am.
It was much shorter and much less traumatic. He didn't fall over on his side with this one. He had this one standing with me holding onto him. He was stiff and convulsing, but no real thrashing or paddling and just a small amount of drool as opposed to a massive amount of drool with a grand mal. He didn't lose control of his bladder either. It was over rather quickly and when it was he wasn't panting excessively and he wasn't staggering or weak. This one was definitely different than the others.
On August 19 at 4:33am another petite mal seizure occurred. This one was as mild as the one the morning before. After a conversation with Dr. Slayman, I was instructed to increase the phenobarbital from 81 mg twice a day to 97.2 mg twice per day and to recheck blood levels in a month. I set the appointment for Sept.25th at 10am.
Even though these 2 seizures were milder petite mals, nonetheless, he was still having seizures.
What is happening?! It seems more and more apparent that these awful seizures are getting harder to manage.
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