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Thursday, April 22, 2010
Were back! Its been a little while since we posted, as usual life has been chaotic here. Brady is doing well. We took him back for a followup EEG a few weeks ago. While we were getting him hooked up to the EEG monitor, he went into a full blown tonic clonic seizure; he had been seizure free for two weeks to that point. The doctor came running in and I had to run to the car to get the diastat. Luckily the seizure only lasted about 3-4 minutes, so we did not have to give the diastat. Since he was in the postictal phase (after seizure), the EEG was all out of sorts. We were able to determine that while he had a lot of electrical activity, he was not in status. We changed his meds once again, he is now taking zonegran and depakene, which seem to be working (knock on wood).
We have seen a lot of changes since he started the zonegram. He is much less aggressive with his hair pulling and pinching. He is back to the sweet Brady that always knew he was. Brady has been quite the little monkey lately, getting into everything. He is back to putting things in the toilet, climbing over things, and just getting into everything!! He has been to school every day this week, which is a huge improvement. We are excited to be getting our lives back in order and out of the seizure limbo that they have been in since December. Just praying that things continue to improve and that this is the last of the evil seizures.
As some of you may have noticed, it is fundraising time again. I have posted a new fundraising widget at the right hand side of the page. However there are two, one is from last year and I have no idea how to remove it,lol lol. So just click on the second one and it will take you where you need to go. Our goal is to reach $1000, but we are not doing to good right now. Between life, school, and Brady, I just don't seem to be able to find the time to fundraise like I need to. Anyway if your interested, we would be greatly appreciative of any and all support!
On a sad note, we do have some sick Angels at the moment. Hunter is in the hospital with pneumonia. He has come off of the breathing tube, but is not in the clear yet. Colin has been in the hospital in non-convulsive status, as Brady was in December. Colin was in a coma and on a vent, but is now out of status and off of the vent. Pj is one of our older kiddos. He had back surgery and is now believed to be in non-convulsive status, but his mom is finding it difficult to get the care that he desperately needs, due to having to navigate the adult medicaid system. So please keep our kiddos and their families in your thoughts and prayers. We pray for total healing of Hunter, Colin, and Pj. I also want to send out prayers to sweet little Julie, does not have Angelman Syndrome, but is still a little Angel. She had a rare form of eye cancer and has been having some issues. We pray that her cancer is not back and will never return!!! Please pray that God guides the medical team and helps them to know how to treat these children. We pray for strength, courage, and encouragement for their families.
Will post more updates later.

posted by angelwings @ 12:31 PM
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I am 11yrs old and I have Angelman Syndrome. I may have this syndrome, but I dont let it hold me back. I love life and live it to the fullest every single day. My mom says that our research organization, Foundation for Angelman Syndrome Therapeutics, is working really hard on a treatment or even a cure for me and my friends. I am thankful to have 25 words but I look forward to the day that I can carry on long conversations and talk so much that everybody has to ask me to please be quiet for a few minutes :) Anyway, mom says Im awesome and super funny and I have to agree,lol.

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