School is around the corner!!

What a week this has been at our house. It started out with us heading off to the neurologist and an EEG which did not give us great news. The current meds that she is on is no longer controlling the seizures and even though we aren't seeing her typical seizure activity there is some going on. That means closer monitoring and a change of medication. Not a great time for this to happen but here we are. Unfortunately for Annika, the new meds mean that she will need to go back to having the routine blood draws to keep tabs on the level of her meds and watching for the potential side effects from the meds.

Today we had a quick meeting with her special education staff and regular teachers to make sure we have everything in place for her to start school. We got to meet the 2 paras that will be working with her this year and they got a chance to do a listening check for her. She was a little nervous with everyone looking at her and having different staff doing this with her so lets hope it gets better as she gets used to the new staff.

After the meeting it was open house at the elementary school. She had a great time visiting her new classroom and playing in there was her favorite part. Big surprise but her teacher has done a great job in putting some thought into where her locker is and the like.

Tomorrow it is off to get the results from the gait lab analysis. I am a little nervous with what recommendations will come back from them. It may take me a little while to post the results as we have our first football game of the season tomorrow night and then it is the annual Red Rooster Days so that means parades, garage sales and activities for everyone over the next few days.

I will attach the picture I received from the pics that were taken a few weeks ago in Mankato. These are the pictures taken for her brother's senior pics but of course we got shots of the "little princess". Just to give you an idea of how important she is around here; I asked my son (who is the senior) what he thought of his pictures and he said "ok" and then said "I like the pic of Annika". Yes he will miss her greatly next year when he is off.