January 4th of last year, Caleb had brain surgery. When he was 18 months old, he had a 99.6 degree temperature, he seemed to have a small cold. He started having a seizure, we had never seen one before and 99 degrees is a low temp to have a seizure. We called for an ambulance which took a long time to arrive because we live so far out of town. The doctors said that because he was in the seizure for such a long time it caused scar tissue in his left temporal lobe. We cried out to God, we prayed for a cure and for wisdom to know what to do. We tried everything we could to find a natural way to stop or control the seizures. I smile at what a trooper Caleb was to eat, drink, and put up with all the things we had him try. We ended up putting him on strong medication, but even that didn't work, he was still having seizures. Caleb's seizures were getting worse. And at 11 yrs. old, his memory was starting to fail...quickly. He couldn't remember his math facts, and he would pause before he could answer you. He seemed to be in a fog. The surgery is very risky, but at that point the seizures were more of a risk than the surgery. The doctors had to do surgery to get rid of the scar tissue, and hopefully that would stop the seizures. You can imagine with your (mother) heart, how I was feeling at this time :( . The surgery went well (praise God), and he didn't have another seizure until July, and the seizures he now has are very mild and infrequent. Although we would love to say he is seizure free, we are so thankful for where we are right now, compared to a year ago. God is faithful and maybe one day Caleb will be seizure free.
Caleb a few hours after surgery.
Before the surgery. Caleb is always so easy going.
My two youngest Ben and Caleb.
Anyone who has a child experiencing seizures, feel free to message me if you would like to talk.
I know how scary and frustrating this can be.
Hope you had a wonderful Friday!!
Have a very "blessed" day!
Our newest little grandblessing...baby Grant!
Getting chainsaws ready.
