Bipolar, seizures, learning disabilities, memory problems, inattention – they are all related. That’s what the new doctor told me today. Not always, but often. Kind of a package deal, if you will.
We have progress over here on the medical front.
I’m happy to say that we now have good insurance through Don’s work and we can start to make some progress with Rye. This morning I took Rye to a new general doctor who was excellent. He is doing a full panel of bloodwork including a full metabolic panel, full thyroid panel (these may be the same thing but I know previously we got only the TSH which wasn’t even nearly enough so now we are getting the free t3, t4, etc.), all organ functions, blood sugar, vitamin levels, electrolyte levels, pretty much anything that could effect mood. And this doctor is getting us a referral asap to the good Pediatric Neurologist in town to see about seizures and if that can’t happen in the next few weeks he is going to order the EEG himself and then we will just follow up with the Neurologist.
I am thrilled. We are trying to rule out everything we can before starting on either Depakote or Lithium, just to be sure. I would hate to put him on a round the clock mood stabilizer when there is something with a body system other than the brain itself that was causing the mood issues. Or, if it is seizures we don’t want to use Lithium. Anyway, you get the point.
In other news, we had a great weekend. Rye spent the majority of the weekend with some friends of his that own a farm and they did work around the farm, fed the animals, fixed fences, etc. That is Rye’s Shangri-La. He loves working outside and wants to own a farm or ranch someday. The kid could pretty much live outside. That is where he belongs. And with Rye at the friend’s house, Don and I had some relaxing time together Saturday and part of Sunday. That was nice as well.
In not so great news, Rye had a very rough day today mood wise. Rough on mom, to say the very least. I’ll save that story for another day though.
I hope everyone had a good Easter.
