So, Jared started doing this weird eye-rolling-to-the-side thing a few weeks ago. The Saturday of General Conference to be exact. He was doing it about every 10-15 seconds. Naturally we got very concerned because we didn't know what was causing it. So we took him to the urgent care on Sunday when it did not dissipate. Long story short, the doctor didn't know what was going on and told us to see our pediatrician the next day. He wasn't sure what it was either and ordered a few tests. So Jared had a CT scan with and without contrast. (Not fun he had to get an IV and asked me right before the test if we could please do it another day.) He also had to have a chest x-ray, which wasn't nearly as rough, and he had to have an EEG. That was fun for everybody as he had to go in seriously sleep deprived so he would fall asleep shortly after they got everything stuck to his head. Well, all of the tests came back normal, so we still don't know what is going on, but he isn't doing the eye-rolling thing nearly as often (only about every 5-10 minutes), so we are supposed to wait and see if it continues to be less often and if not then we might have to see a pediatric neurologist. That is the fun we have been having. Thankfully, they did rule out any tumors, aneurysms, lesions of the brain and seizures. We will keep you updated if we find anything else out. Maybe it will just go away and we will never know what caused it.
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Teri, I am so sorry. You guys will be in our prayers. Let me know if there is anything I can do from way over here and keep us posted. Thank goodness it isn't any of those other things! Sometimes ruling out can be good too!
Hopefully you'll get it figured out soon. We'll be thinking about you.
i sure hope so. i haven't noticed him doing it at all lately. i have a feeling it's just going to go away. he looks so cute with all those wires coming from his head. what a good sport he is.
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