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May
Thursday, May 21

Thursday, May 21

Good news today: Nora had a 4-hour video EEG and Dr. Shiloh didn’t see any seizure activity. In fact,
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15
May
Friday, May 15

Friday, May 15

Today is the eleventh day of Nora’s wean off of steroids. After we left the hospital, she was on
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08
May
Friday, May 8

Friday, May 8

It’s been three weeks since we went to the hospital with Nora. The next Monday, Jackie’s birthday, the
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04
May
Monday, May 4

Monday, May 4

The quick version: * The steroids worked. The events that we’ve seen over the past two weeks are not seizures.
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03
May
Sunday, May 3

Sunday, May 3

Nora had a few episodes over the weekend. They’re very slight and easy to miss. We’re paranoid and
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30
Apr
Tuesday, April 30

Tuesday, April 30

Nora had a good day today. She may have had two episodes but they were so slight, we’re not
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29
Apr
Wednesday, April 29

Wednesday, April 29

Day 2 of the increased dosage on steroids; Nora had two episodes yesterday and two more today. She’s still
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27
Apr
Monday, April 27

Monday, April 27

Nora had an episode yesterday afternoon and mid-morning today. As planned, her neuro team at UNC will be increasing her
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25
Apr
Saturday, April 25

Saturday, April 25

We didn’t see that Nora hadanyepisodes today – we could have missed something, of course. Nora was a good bit
24
Apr
One Week

One Week

One week ago we went into the ER with Nora. Since then, it feels like we’ve been punched in
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