Baby update.. 8-22-07

Friends and Family,

It has been just over a week now since we went to the Neurologist and got medication. The first few days were rough since I lost my appetite and was having diarrhea quite a bit. I bounced back from the appetite I lost after a few days and am now eating quite well. Actually the past few days my whole personality is back and I am quite happy most of the time. I am still working on crawling and enjoy my walks and pool time. Unfortunately the seizures (or whatever they are) have not improved much and last night the Doctor had us increase the medication. The seizures are not constant as long as I am not in the car seat. It mostly happens when I am tired or hungry or have been in a toy requiring a sitting position or high chair for a little while. My parents are happy that my demeanor has been amazing and I am actually taking the medicine quite well.

Here are some more recent pics. We will continue to keep you all posted and thank you all so much for your prayers an thoughts.

Mom and Dad got me some new mats to play on.

Aren't I cute in tub? :)

Pediatric Neurologist update

Just got back from the Pediatric Neurologist. Dr. Barr thought it was probably child epilepsy and would treat it with medication. He expects with the medicine we would see a positive change in 3-5 days. They want to schedule an MRI to make sure there are not any other problems. The visit went well and we were able to show him video of what she was doing. Dr. Barr didn't rule out that it could be some behavioral activity also. We will continue to pray for a good MRI.

Requesting Prayers

Good morning,

I wanted to make a post requesting your prayers. We have gotten the results from Natalie's EEG and the results were abnormal. We are not exactly sure what this means and we have an appointment to see the neurologist on Monday at 1pm. From what I can tell the EEG measures brain waves and one side of her brain is producing a different waves then the other and certain times. This seems to be an onset of seizures which is why we took her to the Doctor since we were experiencing some random spasms of sorts. Medication will most likely be needed to control this. We pray (and request your prayer) that whatever this is that it would be minor and go away over time. We also pray for the tests going forward that Natalie would not be to upset during them. The EEG was quite a challenge and we know they will want to put her under for an MRI soon. This will be a challenging weekend as we wait to know what is going on with our Little Nugget.

Thanks in advance for your prayers, for we know there is power in prayer.

Love,

Michael, Krystie and Natalie

August Already?!

Grandma bathing me while Daddy was out of town

Hey there,

Here it is already August and I haven't updated photos in a month. Well I am going to post some pics from mid-July and hopefully post again real soon.

Quick synopsis on the month: I got the opportunity to go to two parties in July and see lots of people. My Daddy left for a week for some training in St. Petersburg and Grandma flew up to for part of the week to help keep me busy. Daddy and Mommy had their 5th Anniversary and Grandma Moatsie came over and watched me solo for 24 hours. I went to the Doctors a couple of times and the Doctor told my parents I had to eat more solids. I now get four solid meals a day and only a couple milk sessions. I currently weigh 13 lbs 6 ozs. I got to go visit Missy and Evan and see their new baby Amelia Jean. Grandpa came up for his 62nd birthday. I also had to go in for an EEG (eeww!). I am close to crawling, but I am still having troubles getting my arms doing what I need to do to really move. I usually can get to what I want as long as it is close by doing my face plant scoot.

Now onto the pictures:

Amelia Jean (Mia), Daddy and Me

My routine before bed

Daddy loves the way I am reaching up into the picture on this one.

My buddy Jacob and me. (Can you believe he is only a week older than me)

Me, Grandma Moatsie and Daddy Ron and the 4th of July party.

Me and Mommy again before bed.