Last night we went to the doctor to discuss David’s problems with headaches and seizure-like activity.  I was quite nervous, and I was surprised about how much tension I felt going into this appointment.  I was mostly concerned about what the MRI might demonstrate, and what bad news it could show.  Despite my belief that this was probably a basilar type migraine, I could still imagine the possibility that there might be a tumor.  Thanks be to God that the MRI was normal without any findings of a mass or any evidence of a vascular abnormality.  Unfortunately the EEG did not come back normal, and it appears David has a focus of irregular electrical activity in the temporal occipital region of the brain on the left side.  What this means is that David has a seizure disorder.  She explained that there is often a lot of difficulty determining between basilar migraines and these unusual seizures, and as I have read on them it is true that the symptoms overlap.  We are glad to have a diagnosis even if it is not one that we wanted; I think I still am in the stage of denial in regard to all of this expecting him to completely normal and health tomorrow.  However, despite my feelings of denial, we are starting the medication to prevent further seizures.  We also take hope in the knowledge that often kids outgrow these type of seizures.  It has been a hard week and weekend, and I think we are all glad that the doctor appointments are over for at least a month (God willing).  Thank you for your prayers.  Please continue to pray that David will be well, that his body will tolerate the medication without any side effects, and that our daily lives will return to some form of normal (although as all of you know when you have kids, normal is never really normal).  By the way David has been doing great, and he is taking everything really well.  I have been consistently impressed by his emotional, mental, and physical toughness throughout all of this.  He has been a champ!