2 November 2010

Yesterday she was sitting on my knee watching tv when she started heavy breathing. She then started blinking far too often and her mouth was twitching at one side (this is something which seems to happen when she has some seizures). Her head was in the direction of the tv but her eyes looked like they were flitting all over the place.

I told the Paediatrician the different things she's been doing and he said we should up her Lamotrigine 5mg twice daily and leave it for the next 2 weeks to see how she goes.  If her seizures stop then we leave it at that dose, if not we up it again by 5mg twice daily.

He said we should have a plan for if the above doesn't work so if that happens he wants Olivia to have another EEG, then maybe try another drug.

He wants to see her on 5 Jan, 2 months rather than her usual 3 as things aren't right.

I asked about her immunisations.  He said it may cause her to have more/stronger seizures as she is likely to have a raised temperature and be under the weather from the jabs but there's no proof to say that it will worsen or prolong her seizures after the initial few days.  He said obviously if she were to get ill from the actual diseases then she could be worse.

Dx