No more meds!

Hey All,

We went to Duke for a follow-up appointment today. Gabrielle weighed 19.6 lb! This is an impressive gain after weighing 16lb for so many months. The doctors thought she looked great and felt her left sided weakness had improved.

They were a bit surprised to hear Gabrielle is off all of her meds. Dr. Gallentine said I’m trying to give him more gray hairs. We discussed the pros and cons of meds and I stated that I feel comfortable leaving her medication free because I don’t believe the meds are responsible for her improvement. I believe she was healed. He agreed the meds didn’t seem to help her much and that they can effect development. He said the norm is to keep them on the meds for 1 year following surgery but since she is doing so well and we are comfortable without them she can stay off of them. He said to continue physical therapy and we’ll see you back in 6 months.

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Day 33

Hey Everybody,

This is day #33 of no seizures!! Gabrielle is off all of her medications. She is God’s little miracle. She seems to be gaining weight and loves to babble. We will follow up with her doctors next week. She is working with PT and OT to regain strength and to make progress on her gross motor development. Each seizure free day has been such a joy! It has been wonderful to focus on normal everyday stuff again.

We continue to pray for each area of Gabrielle’s development and I am amazed at how thrilling it is to see her master the simplest thing!

I will keep you posted!
Kelly

First Birthday

Hey Everyone,

Today we celebrated Gabrielle’s First Birthday and her 20th day seizure-free!! We have so many reasons to rejoice and be thankful!! We posted a couple of new pictures from today. They bring tears of joy to my eyes! Thank you God for this miracle!

Thanks to all of you who have prayed and supported us throughout this first year of Gabrielle’s life!

Love,
Kelly

The Miracle Continues

Hey All,

This is just a quick update to let you know Gabrielle is still seizure free!!! This is day #15 without seizures!!! Praise God!!! Everyday has been such a miracle! Gabrielle is eating so much better. She has improved at sitting, rolling over, and is using her left hand again to grasp things. Our little girl who once slept the days away now hardly sleeps at all! We have continued to reduce her anti-convulsant meds and she is presently on very small amounts of both. We will continue to pray and trust in God’s perfect plan.

I’ll keep you posted.
Love,
Kelly