Miss Mira: New Arrival

Sunday, June 22, 2008

New Arrival

Jonah Frederick was born early this morning, weighing in at 8 pounds, 7 ounces. Mommy and baby are both doing great. We hope to be out of the hospital tomorrow. I will post pics and give a longer update when we get settled in at home.

Mira has been really fussy the past 2 or 3 days, going on one of her hunger strikes and getting up in the middle of the night again for hours. Poor Auntie Aura stayed up with her last night while we were in the hospital. It might take a while to get back into a rhythm once the new baby is home, so wish us luck!

3 comments:

Sophie's Story by Elaine said...: Congratulations on the newest addition to your family!!! I can't wait to see pics. I am glad to read mommy and baby are doing well. Hopefully, Jonah will be a great sleeper and you all will get back into a rhythm sooner than later.; June 22, 2008 at 10:37 PM
Reagan Leigh said...: That's wonderful news! Congratulations!; June 23, 2008 at 10:00 PM
JSmith5780 said...: YAY! Congrats to the whole family!!; June 24, 2008 at 7:52 AM

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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