Updaate on Adam

Here is an email from my friend, Michelle. She is giving an update on her son, Adam.

Thank you all for your prayers! He is SO GOOD!

Hello friends:

I appreciate all of the prayers, kind notes and calls, it meant so much to Richard, Adam and myself. I wanted to give you a quick update on Adam...so often we forget to follow up when we've asked for prayers.

We were so worried that as we took Adam off medication prior to going to the hospital that our weekend would be filled with seizures....that did not happen. We actually enjoyed a very normal weekend prior to going to the hospital on Monday. Upon arriving at Children's in Cincinnati, Adam had his first seizure in Admitting. That day he had 4 more seizures each progressing in severity and length. They gave Adam Valium to end the last seizure (over 5 minutes is bad) which had the opposite affect than what you might expect....he was up all night. The following two days he was seizure free, but extremely tired, and was calm through all tests. Thursday he had 5 more seizures which were pretty bad, also 3 on Friday but none since...praise God.

Praises:
Adam had a lot of seizures that they recorded and got data on...this will help determine how we will move forward concerning surgery.

Adam was so unbelievably calm during the battery of tests it was only through the Grace of God!

I was unbelievably calm - many of you know the anxiety attacks that I got when I was in the hospital delivering Walker...none, and I slept....with the help of ear plugs of course.

Carolee handled Hudson (4) and Walker (11mos), cooked, cleaned and did all the laundry...what more can I say ;)

The seizures only occurred at the hospital....once we got home he hasn't had one since!!!

We were helped by so many...our wonderful neighbors that took Hudson on playdates and checked in regularly on Carolee, Adam's teachers coming to visit, my dear friend Stacey visiting twice, all the cards, balloons, video messages, stuffed animals, and notes from Adam's classmates....it was unbelievable!

Everyone at the hospital was awesome...the nurses, the doctors - we felt as comfortable as we possibly could.

We'll be meeting with the doctors sometime in April - mid to late - to discuss their findings. I'll let you know what they have to say...if we do go for the surgery it will be sometime in July or August.

Love,
Michelle and her guys!