- Annie had a tonic-clonic (aka grand-mal) on 3/15/2019 upon wakening. She was at school (George Fox Univ. Newberg, OR) and camping on the quad as part of an event which the students sign up for 3rd study abroad. She had been low on sleep but otherwise no other contributing factors. This was her first seizure as far as we know.
- She was taken to the local medical where a number of tests were done. CT-scan was normal and blood tests were also normal. Annie was told no driving for six months. A follow-up appointment was set up to see a Dr at the Kaiser in Tualatin for 3/18.
-I flew to Portland 3/17 to accompany her to the Dr appt which we originally thought would be with a neurologist but was just an initial appt with a young intern to take vitals, ask a few questions. An EEG was scheduled for 4/12.
- The 4/12 EEG was a 90 minute test and required her to have only 4 hours sleep the night before and no coffee prior.
- Annie finally got the results in a telephone appt with her Santa Cruz Kaiser GP 4/16 which showed abnormal patterns during the flashing light test. Her GP indicated that a neurologist in San Jose would contact her to set up an appt and would likely start her on a daily anti-seizure. A full physical by her GP would also be set up in June.
- Current diagnosis is idiopathic generalized epilepsy.
- Annie is otherwise doing well, taking finals this week, bummed at not being able to drive and a little shocked as she was expecting a normal EEG. Janice and Kaelin fly to Portland 5/5 to drive Annie and her car back to Santa Cruz.
5/21/2019: MRI @ Kaiser came back clean! Currently, on Keppra 500 mg x2.
