Well, a quick update here...

We had a scary episode on Wednesday when Larry od'd on his Carbatrol. I don't think I've ever been that scared in my life. He called me from work saying he didn't feel well and would I come and pick him up. By the time I got here he couldn't walk because he was so dizzy, had doublevision, blurred vision, and slurred speech. He wanted to call his doctor's office first, and we had to find childcare for our son, so we headed home first. He got changed, the doctor of course said head to the ER, so we headed over there. I'm so ticked at the ER. I don't know if they could have done anything, but all they did was take his blood and put a heplock in. Seems to me they could have given him an IV to dilute the drug in his system, though! We were there for three hours until they released him. He could at least KINDA walk when we left. He got better as the day went on. Turns out the Keppra they started him on is making his Carbatrol level increase. So we decreased the Carbatrol by 600 mg a day since he's coming off of it anyway. The Carbatrol and Lamictal interact, too, so we're ready for him to get off the Carbatrol! He'll be off it in another 2 weeks. Yay!

Larry's appointment on October 16th went very well. The doctor decided to push his Keppra up and take him off the Carbatrol. So now we'll be doing that a TAD differently than planned, but that's okay! The best news is that Larry has only had one "dizzy" spell (mildest seizure) in October! September was by far his worst month ever and October has been his best month ever! Go figure! I feel the Keppra has really made a difference. I hope we can get through this medicine change without seizures. I doubt it, but we can always hope!

And news about our Jellybean...the next picture will be taken this Wednesday. I'll post it to our website when we get back. We're hoping to see a miniature baby in there! I'll be almost 11 weeks pregnant when we do this ultrasound. I've been very very ill with this baby. Nothing like when I was pregnant with Alex. It's been so difficult to survive this. I'm hoping it ends soon! Please pray it does. I've spent more time in bed the past four weeks than out of it. I also had a fibromyalgia flair up on Thursday...I'm sure because of the stress of Wednesday.

Love and hugs to everyone!