Long Term Monitoring
During the week of April 1st, Alyssa was admitted to Children's Hospital in order to monitor her brain activity. As part of the monitoring process, the medical team attached electronic nodes to her head and had her attached to gads of equipment. Her room also had 24-hour video and audio monitoring so that they were literally monitoring all activities for the entire week.
In addition to monitoring her brain function during normal daily activities, the doctors also wanted to determine what was going on with her brain function during a seizure. To do that, they took Alyssa off of her seizure suppression medication. Then, in typically Alyssa-style... she didn't have any seizures that we knew of..
Later, we found out that she did have one late on Friday, the night before we were leaving and, indeed, the source of the seizure activity was in the left temporal lobe where the brain mass is located.
In addition to monitoring her brain function during normal daily activities, the doctors also wanted to determine what was going on with her brain function during a seizure. To do that, they took Alyssa off of her seizure suppression medication. Then, in typically Alyssa-style... she didn't have any seizures that we knew of..
Later, we found out that she did have one late on Friday, the night before we were leaving and, indeed, the source of the seizure activity was in the left temporal lobe where the brain mass is located.
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