Friday, June 20, 2008

Grayson's Headaches

We went for a follow-up visit yesterday to the neurologist. Grayson has had headaches since he was two. Back then he would get them two to three times a day every day. We did a CT-scan, where everything looked normal. Then we did an MRI, where again they found nothing abnormal. So, there is no explanation as to why he was suffering from the headaches. Then there was the huge recall of all the Thomas toys. Grayson had 13 of the items so we worried that the lead might be the cause. His lead levels were tested while it was a 3 (where 10 is the lowest number for concern) it was not high enough to cause the doctors any alarm. So still no answer as to why he was having them. He was doing really well taking the Verapamil (as a liquid) until recently. He started complaining lately that his head was hurting almost every day. So the last time we went the doctor talked about cutting back the medicine. Needless to say that that will not be happening. He is also concerned that Grayson is so small (he still only weighs 32 pounds). So he is now on another medicine to help increase his appetite called Periactin. If you read the paperwork that goes with it, it says that it can be used for people with eating disorders. As far as I know, if you have a headache, you don't want to eat...especially when the headaches make you nauseous. Ugh. We hope that the second medicine will get Grayson's appetite up and help him gain weight. We still have him on whole milk to help with that as well. We go for his wellness visit in July, so we will talk with the pediatrician about this and MORE when we go.

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