Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Neurologist Appt.

E.'s semi-annual follow-up with the Neurologist was uneventful.  It appears that his meds are doing the job they need to do with preventing the seizures and so his prescriptions were refilled without making any changes.  

Weakness was noted on E.'s left side (he has a "blind spot" of vision out of his left eye and his extremities on his left side are weaker than his right).  Why the weakness?  Well, it could be the location of the original tumors in the brain, or the brain surgery itself, or the radiation treatments and the ongoing changes from the healing.  Physical therapy and occupational therapy were again suggested to help strengthen that side, and so those were prescribed as well.