AUTUMN IS HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ilwzw2]

What an amazing turn of events! Prayers of thanksgiving, support and continued progress for Autumn and her family!

Sharon

[Quincy7618]

What a resource we have here on the forums. Prayer, love, support, etc. I am continually in awe of the bond and the power.

Thank you Trish, for the good news.

[WendyD]

Trisch - This just showed up in Mercola's newsletter and I thought I'd pass it on: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/ar...-epilepsy.aspx

[BlessedMama]

That's really interesting, Wendy! I'll forward that to Ann!

I thought you'd all love to hear the latest update:



Last night we went our longest ever – almost 20 hours with no seizures! We did have a few more seizures this morning though. I think it was because I let her sleep in and then she ate later than usual...not sure still trying to figure it all out. We are all set with the dietitian. I will be working with her on Monday. Our neurologist and she have agreed to work together so we were able to bypass the other doctor and get started right away without going into the hospital – hurray!



We did go see the nucca chiropractor yesterday - again he only works on the upper cervical – and Autumn was in misalignment. He said that kids typically respond and are able to “hold” corrections better than adults. We will see him again in about a month to check and see how she is doing. I found that we really need to plan before going anywhere because we can’t just stop at a restaurant to feed her so everything needs to come with us…especially that ever important gram scale.



I have heard the key to the diet is finding just a few different meals that kids love and stick with that, at least to begin with. I am learning what 2 grams of food looks like and .2 grams also! She is however expanding her choices of oils: she now chooses between liquid Fish, Walnut, or Coconut oils – yum. yum. She takes several tablespoons at every meal. It is really hard to get the daily fat in any other way that does not also add carbs or protein.



We are really hoping to get the night seizures worked out, as Scott really needs to get back to work, which means leaving for North Dakota unless something more local comes up. We have been taking turns at night with sleeping with Autumn, with Rebekah helping out occasionally. I have no idea how I managed the three weeks before he came home, I am just glad he has had the opportunity to be here Thank you to all of you have made that possible.



Autumn has not typically wanted to go out anywhere for fear of having a seizure, however she did say she would like to try to go to church tomorrow. I hope that we will have little seizure activity in the morning so she will have the confidence to go.



We have also gotten her off of almost all the medications – she is returning to her “Autumn Joy” self, whom, not to too long ago was washed away! It is hard to believe that we have come this far in such a short period of time. I still am holding my breath as I read more and learn about different things that can happen. I know we are not out of the woods yet, but we are so grateful for the victories we have had and would like to bask in them for at least a little while J.



We are ever so grateful to all of you…

Scott and Ann

[BlessedMama]

Here is the wedding trailer a df did for them--it's just beautiful! Makes me cry!

[ayj67]

I found tears running down my cheeks. I am not even an emotional person...

[BlessedMama]

Just knowing the story behind it...well...you just can't help it, can you, ayj!

[eshlemania]

Trisch, thank you so much for the update! And the wedding was beautiful!

[ayj67]

Just knowing the story behind it...well...you just can't help it, can you, ayj!

I guess, maybe I am peri-menopausal. Only got this emotional the first few days postpartum.

[MaryCB]

I am so happy for Autumn and her family. What a beautiful wedding. Thank you, Trisch, for sharing the video with us. I have been away for a while. Sure glad I stopped in to see this. God bless them