Abnormal EEG

E. was about out of anti-seizure medication, but has held off refilling the prescription since he figured he'd be weaning off them any day. When we still hadn't heard anything about the EEG results yesterday, E. began making the calls. It appeared as if the EEG results were "lost." To make a long story short, the results were eventually found and E.'s EEG was abnormal. Apparently, he is having seizures!

How can he be having seizures and we don't even know it? We're not sure. Perhaps the medication is keeping them from being visible? Are the sharp shooting pains that E. sometimes gets in his head possibly seizures? When E. occasionally gets the chills, could that be a seizure?

Since E. had a very short telephone conversation with the nurse (with Peanut running around in the background), we don't know a lot. What we do know is this ...

1. E. will continue on the anti-seizure medication. (Obviously.)

2. E. will need to see another doctor. (We're not sure what kind of doctor ... presumably a neurologist?)

3. E. will need another EEG ... this one without meds? (Again, we don't know the details, but supposedly something is being mailed to us.)

In the meantime, thank goodness for anti-seizure medication!