Sam finished school with a bang; three A's, two B's and two C's. He is amazing. One of the B's should have been an A if only he had finished work he missed from headaches. He's working on Algebra here at home and I am going to start him on writing assignments so that skill is kept up. He started back at drum lessons on the snare and did quite well after being off for almost a year.
Sam continued to have headaches and eventually the Excedrin really didn't help much. We met with a neurologist and he prescribed some new meds. Sam is still experiences headaches but the meds that he takes at the onset of a headache keep it from progressing to a major migraine. He had a "complex migraine on Father's Day and the right side of his body was numb and tingling for about 30 minutes. To be on the safe side Sam had an MRI/MRA on July 7th. I received the report and a CD of the pictures from Salem Hospital. I had forgotten about an MRI in 2005 for a concussion that Sam had. Both MRIs were compared and there are no changes in brain function. Thank you God. We don't know if Sam will grow out of the headaches but the medication is making them manageable.
He is still in vision therapy and progressing well. I don't notice as much when his eyes don't track and work together. We have an reevaluation appointment in August. We've been driving to Clackamas every two weeks for his therapy. Cheryl his therapist is great.
Sam has been released to participate in sports and will start practice in August with Sprague High School waterpolo club. He played a few years ago and really enjoyed it.
The mission trip Spring break went well. He enjoyed the time with God and friends. They worked at a homeless shelter, soup kitchen, and some landscaping for the church and families in Tacoma. He is getting ready for the summer retreat "Great Escape" in a couple of weeks in the Tygh Valley.
I want to have a BBQ here at our house to celebrate Sam and share the joy of his recovery.
Thank you and God bless you all for your prayers that are continuing. Sam is having an amazing recovery and I know God listened to your prayers.
Stephanie/Mom
2 comments:
So happy for Sam and the healing that is continueing! God is good and faithful. You are doing a great job Stephanie! Thanks for the update.
Hey Stephanie! How are things? Looking for a new update!!! :-) You told me to keep you going.......ha ha. Love ya, Ann
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