Miss Mira: EEG Results

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

EEG Results

Mira had her EEG yesterday and everything went very well, despite her not being able to completely fall asleep - she did a lot of rolling around, even giggling toward the end of it. This was her 10th or 11th EEG (sort of lost count) and they all have pretty much looked the same until now.

We did get a brief message back from her neurologist this afternoon and he noted the following: 'Her EEG is improved, although still abnormal. The movements and activity noted on the EEG are in fact not seizures or seizure activity.' This is very good news overall! We are going to get into a more in-depth discussion during Mira's standing appointment with her neurologist next Friday.

On a side note - it was great to see my sister and family yesterday evening in from Colorado, who graciously treated us to pizza -thanks so much! We hope to come out and visit soon. Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: Thanks for your note, Marc. Glad to hear of the upbeat comment on the EEG results. We made it back to Colorado ...hope your trip went well.
love, anita; November 25, 2007 at 9:27 PM
Melanie said...: I am so glad to hear that they weren't seizures.
What a blessing.; November 25, 2007 at 10:26 PM

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Mira's Brief Story

Mira was diagnosed with Infantile Spasms (I.S.) in September 2005. Since her diagnosis is part of larger picture of issues, including developmental delay, and hypsarrhythmia, Mira was originally diagnosed with West Syndrome.

Hypsarrhythmia represents a completely chaotic and disorganized EEG background pattern consisting of high amplitude slow waves and spikes that are asynchronous, non-rhythmic, and variable in duration. The common combination of seizures/spasms, developmental delay, and hypsarrhythmia constitutes the form of infantile epilepsy, West syndrome.

Since Mira has what is described as a catastrophic epilepsy and has multiple seizure types, she has also been diagnosed with Atypical Dravet Syndrome (SMEI), Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS), and at even Atypical Rett Syndrome. While a host of early genetic testing failed to find a typical mutation, deletion, or mosaicism in the typical genetic markers for these syndromes, it does not rule out other possible associated genetic markers that have yet to be discovered. Mira has also been tested for a series of other random genetic syndromes, through partial genome sequencing and a few individual microarrays.

In 2015, a heterozygous mutation of TPP1 was found through a genetic epilepsy panel. We do not have a definitive answer as to whether this mutation (associated with NCL - Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis) is relevant to Mira's diagnosis.

Mira has tried nearly every anti-seizure medication, finding brief 'success' with Lyrica, her 14th medication. Mira was seizure free* for about 6 months in late 2007 and into early 2008.

*(Her EEG never improved during this period, which means that she was still clinically having seizures and that the Lyrica was simply masking the symptoms. Visible seizures slowly surfaced after about 5 1/2 months of being on Lyrica.)

She received weekly OT/PT, vision, feeding, aqua, and group therapy up until 2011. She now receives PT/OT and other therapies through the school district. Mira also did hippotherapy for the summer in 2008 as well.

For Mira's longer story, please visit the January 2007 Archive. For an explanation on this blog, visit the January 2, 2017 post.

Medications Tried - in Chronological Order