Oh, Jacquie, I'm so glad you followed your instincts & this pdoc you trusted is step by step beginning to return your hubby to your beloved DH. I'm sending prayers of thanks & for the recovery to continue. I know you're relishing every moment of progress. You both are miracles.

I'm so happy to hear that Lilo's back to her good-as-new self. I'm missing my critters & am ready to wind up this odyssey I'm on & go hug them!!

Thank you so much, Jacquie, for taking the time to share your relief & joy with us.

What good news on all front to read this morning! thank you for sharing.
SO GLAD that your hubby is on the right path...amazing how incompetant some doctors are, jsut shuffling him along not treating the whole picture. What a good pdoc that you have now!
YEAH no more accidents!!!!!!
Yeah about Lilo!!!!!!
what good news to share
thank you... made my morning!
(((((HUGS))))
bizi

so glad to hear all the positive reports, Jacquie!

glad Lilo is well again but especially pleased as to how well your hubby's pdoc is looking after him and following up... whew.

(((hugs)))

~ waves ~

DH had another pdoc appointment today. As I mentioned to him, as the days go by, my DH is getting less and less sleepy during the day. He now wants him to take 200 mgs of Seroquel and, eventually get him off of the Depakote all together. He also told us that my husband's platlet count was very low - it says ALERT right on the lab results! In addition, on the line directly underneath that line it says, "Platelets appear clumped" HUH?? Has anyone ever heard of this? Anyhow, the pdoc says that the Depakote is also probably responsible for this! The sooner he gets off that medication the better- it appears to have some nasty side-effects for him!

Two more things . The program he's in is in the process of transferring him to the better program at Princeton House. Also, pdoc has also written a script for an MRI of DH's brain, just to make sure there is nothing visible that shouldn't be there. I'm going to schedule the MRI at the same time that I schedule my mammogram, so we can take care of two things at once .

Praised be god for your pdoc. If I ever meet him I'm giving him a hug!

I do not know what clumped means, call and ask. But the platelets being low, I’m pleased to hear he is taking off Depakote. That is good.
Donna

Donna, basically it means that the platelets are stuck together in 'clumps' or bunches. Never, ever, heard of that, I have have had years of experience reading medical records .

Jacquie,

The low platelet probably makes him fatigued. I'm hoping that this pdoc will help your DH get better.
Depending on the pdoc's experience, he will wait a few weeks until he starts tapering down the Depakote.

Hugs.
M