Much to my disappointment, I have to report that Brady had a seizure this morning at 12:14 am. Sadly, this ended his 91 day seizure-free streak.
It was a grand mal, however, the severity of it seemed less than in the past. For this we are very thankful. The seizure itself last about a minute. Once the convulsing stopped I inserted a valium suppository and gave him 3 droppers of Rescue Remedy. Within several minutes, by 12:18am, he was up on his feet and appeared to be fine. There was no pacing afterwards and he seemed to have his bearings as soon as he was on his feet. We are thankful not only that it was less severe and relatively short, but we are also thankful that he had a very quick recovery. He ate 1/2 cup of food, 1/4 at a time and was able to settle down and rest soon after.
On May 29th, his phenobarbital dose changed from 64.8 mg twice daily to 60 mg twice daily.
Dr. Katherman assured me that this small change in milligrams (which was a difference of 9.6mg a day) would not make a difference when I called to question this. Apparently, however, it was enough of a difference to cause a breakthrough seizure. He has been on the 60 mg tablet for a week, but as of tonight his dose will go back to 64.8 mg twice per day=129.6 mg per day instead of the 120 mg that he had been taking for a week.
With the restart of the clock, our prayers are that he will be able to maintain another long seizure-free stretch.
*Note: the reason for the change in milligrams was because when Dr. Slayman called a new prescription in to the pharmacy, she called in 60 mg (one tablet twice per day)
instead of 32.4 mg (two tablets twice per day). Evidently she did this so there would be less tablets for him to have to take. But honestly, he is taking so many pills, that one extra is not a worry.
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