Thanks, guys. We're getting closer on the computer stuff. Narrowed down
the problem to the motherboard. Brett got me a new one and is in the
long, tedious process of installing drivers, etc. He had to go to bed
before being able to get me back online, but at least my hard drive is
functional and I haven't lost anything yet. It will need to be
reformatted, but I'll try and get my photos, important stuff off first.

The neuro. appt. went well. We _love_ Rachel's Dr! We have narrowed
down part of her seizure trigger as being a startle response. She gets
surprised, chokes on water, gets randomly hurt, etc. and it triggers a
seizure. We've been giving her Tranxene after seizures to keep them
from clustering and noticed that when she's on it, the surprise
response doesn't happen. She can get startled like anyone else and not
have a seizure.

The neuro. has decided that it's a good thing, at least for now. He
doesn't want to mess up her meds. too much while she's doing so well
otherwise. School is great, she's loving band and basically having a
wonderful school year. Her best yet. The Tranxene doesn't slow her down
or make her sleepy, so we're going to keep using it daily. The next
step is a PET scan next month to see if we can pinpoint an area of her
brain that's damaged. Nothing showed on MRI 3 times, but the Dr. thinks
that enough time has passed that something may show with the PET scan.

If something does show up, it may mean that Rach is a candidate for
surgery. I can't think about the implications of that right now. It's
too big for me to process in one chunk. I have to do this one step at a
time. So please continue to keep this tough little broad in your
hearts. She is really becoming an exceptional, artistic and nifty
person.

I hope to be fully back with you all soon. I need my friends.:)

Kelly C.