Raquel had her follow-up appointment with Dr. Welch yesterday morning. It was pretty uneventful. He received a copy of her MRI results and said that because it showed that there was just "thickened" sinus membranes and not "infected" ones, that it proved to him that she did have an hidden sinus infection and that the 20-day antibiotic took care of it. He said that by saying "thickened" meant that an infection was previously present. He recommended that I give Raquel a nose spray once per day to prevent a hidden infection from returning.
Then he apologized for not having any answers for me. He said it was frustrating for him as a doctor not to have any, and that he couldn't imagine being a mother and not able to get any. I thought that was very nice of him to acknowledge. And I'm bummed that I don't get to see him anymore. He said there was no need for a follow-up, that treatment can be handled through Raquel's regular pediatrician at this point. I guess that's a good thing. But once you start dealing with specialists, it's kind of like you are on a different level. They value your time and expect you to value theirs - so waiting in lobbies and medical rooms does not exist.
So what's next? The 24-hour EEG next Wednesday. I still don't know how they think she's going to be able to keep that thing on for 24-hours (I guess it goes into some kind of head "backpack"), but we'll just make the best of it. Her neurologist said that they would observe whatever data they could and wasn't too concerned about it not being the full 24-hours. Once that is done, we meet with the neurologist two weeks later and go from there.
Right now, glad to make it to Friday and looking forward to the weekend. Raquel is back to school on Monday.
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