Autism & SPD:
February 19th, Caden had his first of now weekly Speech therapy session. Knowing how much Caden dislikes and stresses out being anywhere that resembles a doctors office, and strangers. His therapist is so friendly and animated, she took Caden’s lead even though he was not wanting to engage. Within 15 minutes Caden was ready to GO! He was a trooper though and we manage through it.
February 29th, we finally had our appointment for the EEG. Caden had shown concerns for possibly having absent seizures. This was the hardest appointment by far for us as a family and for Caden. He had to endure a stranger putting 26 electrodes on his head. With his SPD, this was torture! He would not sit or lay still so I had to hold him for almost 30 minutes, while Mama Maggie keep his hands busy and from not pulling the electrodes off. We got the result on Thursday, March 5th in the late evening. GREAT NEWS, Caden is showing NO brain activity of seizures!!! We as mom can exhale completely! If he has any future staring spells, we are to try a more firm pressure approach to getting a reaction. If that does not help, we will keep track and have to go through this process again in the future.
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My daughter had silent, staring episodes for a few months around 2 1/2 yrs (she’s 3 1/2 now) and they were thankfully not seizures. What we think now is that it was her way of processing a situation or her way of “deep thinking.” It was scary, though! She would not respond to us for a good few minutes but she’s perfectly healthy. 🙂
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