and so.....

So my loverly daughter was born. we enjoyed our summer with her, she was growing, developing normally etc. she is sooooo cute.
she was born with a hemangioma on the back of her head, which is just like a little strawberry thing that grew to a certain size, stopped and is now shrinking.
In October of 07 My mother took her to the store and she had a seizure like episode. we also noticed a new hemangioma starting by her right ear. we went to the Doctor and she referred us to children's neurology. Annika had an eeg in november. it was normal so we didnt get a call or anything and no appt was made. then on 12/30 she got a fever and started having more seizures, 4-5 an hour. we went to children's emergency and discovered she had an ear infection and the fever can lower her threshold and makes her have more seizures. we saw 4 doctors and were there for 12 hours. she had a ct scan, blood and urine taken. Annika was NOT a happy baby.

we did not see a neurologist for a regular appt until march of 08 almost 6 months after her inital seizure.
at that time she was started on keppra; a small dose, we were to schedule a 3 month check and call if any problems.
of course there were still problems.