tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895440453335552117.post3875143032154816246..comments2024-03-28T15:12:21.172-04:00Comments on calvin's story: scores of seizuresChristy Shakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00106761191160700997noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895440453335552117.post-80508908867051681972010-11-15T19:44:55.551-05:002010-11-15T19:44:55.551-05:00Again, I am moved to tears by Calvin's story, ...Again, I am moved to tears by Calvin's story, which is also your story. When I took my daughter for her three month checkup (she is now 16, almost 17) I had described to her pediatrician some episodes she had where she would cry extremely hard for a few minutes and then fall fast asleep. Even as an inexperienced mother, I thought of it more as a nuisance than a medical issue. But this particular doctor, for some reason, immediately made an appointment for me to take her to a pediatric neurologist. I called my husband in tears and said, we have to take her to a specialist, I was frantic. They did an EKG and I held her while they put the electrodes on her head. Every time I see that picture of Calvin, I think of how difficult it must have been and is for you (and Michael)to experience what seemed to me to be an eternity of fear and heartache that I went through ONCE sixteen years ago. Anna was and is fine. The neurologist could see she was fine and seemed perturbed that the pediatrician was such an alarmist.<br />I now have a 16 year old daughter who is driving and while I am consumed with anxiety every time she gets behind the wheel, I know, that chances are, she'll be okay. <br /> Calvin's future is not so certain, but looking at his beautiful face, I can tell that he is genuinely loved and how many of us can say that?Ellenannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14300195444685165453noreply@blogger.com