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Wednesday, October 14, 2009

She's Back


The old Elizabeth is back, she is now Artane free and tons of fun. Until she has been weaned off I did not see how much of an impact it had made on her emotional state. She wakes up happy, she is laughing, her nervous clapping and hands in her mouth are gone and she has not had one meltdown. I forgot in such a short time how easy going and fun she can be. We do notice that her walking is more unsteady and her falling has increased which is unfortunate but we will take a happy, funny, wobbly child anytime over a nervous, emotional, steady child. We will see her Movement Disorder Neurologist soon but other than Deep Brain Stimulation I don't think there is much else we can do to improve her dystonia and at the present the idea of brain surgery is not something we are willing to try.
Elizabeth is now our resident comic and loves telling knock knock jokes and of course she is back to her mischievous ways, I have warned her teacher but I don't think she knows what is coming.

3 comments:

Sherry C said...

that's easier to take isn't it. I'm so glad to hear she is back to her happy self!

Anonymous said...

Excellent!

With every reason to hope for better meds or less invasive surgical procedures somewhere down the line. Or not. Don't have to decide anytime soon, eh?

Barbara

abby said...

I'm so glad she's back and I love her Jackie-O look, too!