To sum up 2007 -
- 5 ER visits
- April 2nd - hit her head on the tv stand and cut her face above her left eye resulting in 5 stitches
- October 20th - fell out of bed and cut her face above her right eye resulting in dermabond
- October 24th - started wheezing in the middle of the night and was diagnosed with a severe case of croup
- November 19th - fell down the basement steps resulting in a big knot on her forehead but luckily nothing else
- November 30th - sick and acting very strangely and showing symptoms of possible adverse drug reaction but turned out to be some kind of virus
- 1 minor surgery
- March 8th - ear tubes (yeah - no ear infections ever since and this is after being on 6 rounds of antibiotics in 3 months)
- Numerous trips to Chicago for her cranial molding helmet
- Between January through June - about 13 trips to Chicago (though we did enjoy getting to spend more time with Aunt Erica, Uncle Ricky and their cat Sylvester)
- Numerous EEGs (I have lost count but each one continues to look better than the last)
- 2 trips to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore
- April 15th - admitted for a week to start the ketogenic diet
- July 17th - follow up visit
- Several medication changes
- January 18th - started clonazepam
- February 2nd - started clobazam
- February 2nd - stopped clonzaepam
- February 14th - stopped depakote
- April 15th - started ketogenic diet
- May 14th - stopped zonegran
- September 7th - started keppra
- September 22nd - stopped keppra
- September 27th - started weaning diet
- November 10th -started 2nd round of depakote
- Developmental progress
- January - pulled herself to a standing position
- January - started using pointer finger to push buttons
- February - started crawling from one room to another
- February - started walking with push toy
- February - started cruising around furniture
- April - took first steps without assistance
- April - started climbing steps
- May - took about 10 steps without falling
- August - started using pointer finger to communicate what she wants
- August - started babbling more
- October - started putting objects in a container
- November and December - so many it is hard to list everything...her development is at an all time high (I will post again soon with all the new things she is currently doing)
- Last but not least...
- 28 DAYS OF NO SEIZURES AND STILL COUNTING!!!
What a wonderful way to end 2007!!! Though, we almost ended up in the ER on New Year's Eve when Sophie tried to eat a glass ball ornament. Luckily, we caught her trying to do this before she had a chance to swallow anything. She had 2 pieces in her mouth which matched up perfectly to what was missing on the ornament. Sophie sure loves keeping up the drama. Happy New Year!!!
