“Talk About It”

 
Don’t know what I’m talking about then click the picture.

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Our T-shirts Arrived

Meggers and I are excited that our t-shirt arrived for the 2009 National Walk  for Epilepsy.  It was cute Crazy Daisy came and sat infront of us just before hubby snapped the picture, guess she’s passionate about this cause too. ~grin~

Ummm this picture reinforces my need to be part of the Hasay group, I mean [...]

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November is Epilepsy Awareness Month

I will be keeping this post at the top of my blog for November so make sure you scroll down to see new posts.  Thanks!

 Some of you may not know November is Epilepsy Awareness Month.  My daughter Meghan (otherwise known here as Meggers) is six years old and has been living with Epilepsy since she was about a [...]

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My Journey Into Motherhood

When I was younger I always wanted to have four children, I guess because I was one of four.  However, when I turned twenty three and had my first panic attack, my whole world changed I became afraid at the thought of one child.
Meghan was a pleasant surprise, I remember taking the pregnancy test, I [...]

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Warning: Post heavily saturated with melancholy

Some times late at night I lay awake (no this isn’t a Garth Brooks song) watching TV while the rest of my family sleeps, it’s the time of night when all the house is still and it’s just me with my thoughts (very dangerous..lol).  On this particular evening I started thinking about Meghan and her Epilepsy, I don’t know why [...]

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WOOO HOOO!!!!

OK so I’m super excited, I set up an appt. with our old neurologist for next Monday.  Yep, he’s back, accepting patients again and Meggers is one of them.  For those of you who may have just tuned in my daughter had a brilliant neurologist who followed her from about a month of age till [...]

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Anxiously Awaiting…

On one of our first trips to the Children’s Hospital for Meggers seizures we met and became friends with The Kuhlman Family.  We met because their son Luke and our Meggers shared a room together, they were the same age and shared the same birthday.  It was as if god had put us together so we could help each other get through that [...]

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Epilepsy Update…

Today we had an appointment with the neurologist to discuss weaning the Phenobarbital and seeing if the Keppra will keep Meggers seizures at bay as a solo med.  TOTAL DISAPPOINTMENT!!  Let me go back to yesterday for a moment.. I get a call from the neurologists office to confirm our appointment for today telling me the visit [...]

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Ahhhh Kids!!!

My hubby took our daughter to Adventure Park a couple weeks ago and I’ve been meaning to blog about this however I need to give a little history for you to fully appreciate the story.   When Meghan first started having seizures they were focal and consisted of hand and wrist jerks.  So on to the [...]

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Gnarls Barkley Video Fails Epileptic Test

Having a child with epilepsy I was a little annoyed at the response given by Gnarls Barkley in regards to his new video “Run” that failed the Harding Test, guidelines established to prevent TV images from triggering epileptic seizures.
“I don’t know exactly what’s going on, but we’re having issues. I think (the video) is cool. [...]

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