We went to Chapel Hill last Tuesday to see Cutter's neurologist down there. His name is Dr. Greenwood. It has taken almost one year to get an appointment with him! We actually didn't even get an appt. with him. We saw a Nurse Practitioner and Dr. Greenwood stopped by to see Cutter. We were at the hospital for FOUR hours. We left very discouraged, but it will be okay! Dr. Greenwood told us that he is very disappointed that Cutter is still having seizures. He expected that by this point he would have completely stopped. He was very happy with Cutter's development, but he was very worried about the future and Cutter's development if the seizures continue. He wanted to change his medication to Carbamezapine. He told us that he would be in contact with Dr. Huffstutter about what to do. We left discouraged because we think that Cutter is doing great, especially if you look back to where we were one year ago. However, we do understand that Cutter's development will suffer the longer he continues to have seizures.
We talked to Dr. Huffstutter the next day, and he told us that he agreed with Dr. Greenwood, and that maybe changing Cutter's medicine would do him some good. However, the longer we talked about Cutter's past and the past medications he has been on it dawned on him that Cutter has been on Trileptal before. Apparently Tripleptal is very similiar in makeup to Carbamezapine. Since the Trileptal did not work before Dr. Huffstutter was not sure that he should be put on this other medicine. After talking with Dr. Greenwood the next day they both decided against changing the medication. So, for right now, we are doing nothing.
We love having a Christian doctor working with Cutter. Dr. Huffstutter told us that we would just pray about the situation and what to do next if Cutter keeps having seizures. And we know how far prayers go! God is great, and He will not fail us. We just have to trust in Him!
Thank you for your continued support! We will update you soon!
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