Vagus Nerve Stimulation

Hi there everyone. Just giving a little update as to what has happened and what will be happening. I turned a big 4 years old on Wednesday! Quite an accomplishment to say the least! On Wednesday I had an appointment with my neurologist to talk about a new form of therapy for my seizures. I am not doing well on the medicines and have basically "failed" two or more seizure medicines they have tried. So since that has happened we still need to find a way of controlling my seizures. This new form is called Vagus Nerve Stimulation. It is a little pacemaker type gadget that will be inserted in under my left chest and then an incision in my neck so that the wires can be threaded through and wrap around the vagus nerve in my neck. It then will basically send little electrical signals to my brain through way of the vagus nerve and stimulate that nerve in order then to help control more of my seizures since again the meds are not working. If we don't go this route then there are just a few other meds we can try but they have more harmful side effects as well as we are now very limited to just a few because of how it has to be given through my feeding tube. This new VNS therapy will require surgery and that is kind of scary. There is just a lot to think about and think of where we go from here. Within a week though we should meet with a neurosurgeon and he will explain surgery in more detail and if he even feels comfortable with doing such a surgery on me. After that meeting if it's a go and that's what we lean toward then surgery will be scheduled shortly after that. God is good and He holds tomorrow in His hands. As a wise person just said to mommy today that this is where faith has to trust that God will ALWAYS ultimately be in control! So we have to step out in faith and see where God leads.