Brain Blips

Justin's daytime "brain blip" activity has been getting worse. He will be chatting, goofing off, just being himself, and all of the sudden he is quiet, looking off to the side, sort of rigid with his eyes in a blank stare. I have been more and more convinced that this is seizure activity, so I called the nurse in Iowa City to express my concern. I told her that he was losing interest in everything; no longer pays much attention to sports, being out of the house, eating or even watching TV. I really knew this was worsening when I made homemade cookies and he didn't even have one right out of the oven! That was a first!

I let her know that this was not really acceptable and not a good way to live when you are only 25 years old. I wondered if his medicine dosage is wrong, or is it the wrong medicine for Justin? And can we make an appointment with a neurologist to learn more about the seizures? She told me she would get with me later.

I called Justin to tell him about it, and he said his eye had been hurting earlier in the day. I was a little worried, so I booked him with one of the eye doctors where I work. Thank the Lord, he had one of his brain blips while she was right there in the exam room with him. She is convinced it is seizures, too. NOW I have some credibility when talking to Justin's nurse. When she called back, I related what had happened with the eye doctor, and she let me know that Justin's doctor wants to see him for another MRI on Monday morning, Sept 29. That is 2 months early, but we believe it is necessary.