February 29, 2008 (Leap Day!)

Things have gone well for the past week. Amanda's visit with Dr Wooten went great. He was very pleased with her progress and her successful weaning down from high levels of Topamax. Already, Amanda is losing the Topamax tan, she has learned to sweat, and her cognitive skills have picked up substantially. The other night, she pulled every toy she could find out to play with and used the knobs, buttons, etc appropriately. She moved from toy to toy to toy as she got bored. She only got mad once when she couldn't "taste" part of a toy that she really wanted to bite on. She has been very happy as she has weaned off of Topamax. We are holding steady for a little while because both Katie and Susan have had head colds and we don't want Amanda to be weaning if she gets the cold. We will probably start dropping the last bit of Topamax in the next few days. Many of her therapists have commented recently about how interactive and egaged Amanda is. She is definitely a different kid now that she is off the high doses of Topamax. We couldn't be more thrilled with her progress. Have a great day/week!
God Bless!
Susan