Katie Update #6

Bad news arrives more quickly than good news in this battle that Katie
is fighting. They started waking Katie's brain up this morning. Things
were progressing well, and dad and I left for home around 9:30 this
evening only to be called back less than an hour later. Our Katie was
still having seizures. The neurologist stayed late monitoring her, and
tried a different, more aggressive drug treatment (high-dose depakote)
to try and curb the attacks. It showed some initial promise, but
immediately after the neurologist left for the night, Katie started
having seizures again. I think I stared at the EEG monitor for two hours
praying for no more seizures. While they improved slightly with the new
drug, they did not stop, so they have put her brain back to sleep for now.

It appears that the doctors have tried most of the conventional
treatments for Katie's symptoms. Tomorrow they are sending her down for
an MRI to try and see if they can see anything to help them in better
targeting their treatments. They assure us that there are other
potential options for treatment. We are holding on to this hope as
tightly as possible...