Received our weekly phone call from Dr. Park to check on Erica. :-)
- Erica continues to have seizures and many auras, even with the increase of medication each week.
- Erica currently is taking two different anti-seizure medicines. Keppra and Trilyptal. Keppra did not stop the seizures form occurring, so we have been stepping up on the Trilyptal, but keeping the Keppra at same dosage. Dr. Park thinks we have a little more room to increase the Trilyptal, which we will do over the next few weeks. She is not totally confident that this increase in Trilyptal will stop the seizures.
- Dr. Park has decided to start looking at other options and begin the planning for surgery to remove the tumor. Planning for this type of surgery requires a lot of information gathering and will take many months. In the meantime, we will try to control the seizures with medications.
- Steps for planning for surgery include 1) extended EEG seizure monitoring, 2) additional MRIs, 3) appointments with neuropsychologist, 4) appointments with the surgery team
- Dr. Park will put the order in for the extended EEG and we should get a call from the EEG lab to schedule in the next few days.
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