Doogie Howser, Sophie and The Tiny Little Mother Mind

One very fucked up EEG

Doogie Howser and I had a good pow-wow over Sophie. The plan is to hopefully get her back to baseline (which is never normal, so don't be overly alarmed by that EEG) with a giant dose of Vimpat. You might recall that we reduced Vimpat because we thought the giant hives were a toxic reaction. Maybe not, though. We also discussed the possibility that when The Evil Insurance Company switched Sophie's hormone med to a generic version six weeks ago, it might have thrown her off and exacerbated the situation. Anything is possible, apparently. We're in a very sophisticated medical building with all the fanciest equipment and greatest minds, including this tiny little mother mind, yet no one really knows what's going on. I am of course struck by how much has changed in that the video monitoring equipment is wildly informative, and I can take a picture of it with my tiny phone, yet little is changed from twenty years ago as far as treatments (the drugs! the drugs!) for Sophie. Last night, in conversation with the doc whose name rhymes with Kevorkian (how perfect, I thought, and unfortunate), I casually suggested in my dark way that instead of asking me what I wanted to do, we should just put a dart board up on the wall with our options and throw darts at it. The Doctor Whose Name Rhymes With Kevorkian looked at me like I was insane but tittered. The nurse, of course, burst out laughing. Later, he brought in a whole stack of consent forms for me to sign, and when I asked him what I was signing, he said it was for the video telemetry, and I said that I wanted to be sure that it wasn't for a hemispherectomy, and he looked startled and I said, I don't really trust you neurologists, you know, and we all had a raucous laugh. This morning, Doogie Howser claimed to be a "believer" in CBD. I told him it wasn't a religion, but I got the distinct sense that he was cool with it. Y'all know the party line. I think The Party really wants to get Sophie back to the control she had on Onfi, Vimpat and CBD but The Line is to "ignore" the CBD. The tiny little mother mind is on it, not walking The Line, as usual. I'll keep you posted.

Sophie is sleeping right now.  As you can tell, I'm ok. Strangely calm which might perhaps be dissociative but could also just be -- well -- calm.