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Amanda           
 

On the way home, I had stopped to get the prescriptions filled. When I came back out to the car, Amanda was talking and not making any sense. I called the doctor and he said to get her to the emergency room. We rushed her to Kosair Children's Hospital ER in Louisville, KY. Upon arriving, in about 10 minutes, she had a seizure. A CT scan revealed brain swelling, but they did not know why. She tested positive for mono. She was admitted to ICU, and after several more tests, they concluded it was herpes Encephalitis.

By the week-end, Amanda was transferred out to the floor because she was doing so well. On Tuesday, Amanda regressed, could not swallow and slept all the time. A CT scan revealed a lot more swelling, and she underwent a craniotomy to relieve the pressure.

Amanda started recovering for about 3 weeks. Then she began to regress again. She kept her eyes closed and yelled continually. Our neurologist, a wonderful doctor, did research and found she had ADEM. He administered IVIG and mega doees of steroids. She immediately made a huge turn-around and has continued to recover ever since. She came home from the hospital on 06-23-04.

Amanda has some trouble with short-term memory, but that is improving greatly. You can see big changes every week. Her short-term memory is beginning to store things into her long-term memory. We have bought several memory-type games for her, like Simon. And she also plays memory games on the internet. We're just praising God that she's come so far, and we're believing she is going to continue to recover and be back like her old self. She always was a sweet and precious girl, and now she's even sweeter!

 Amanda
Salisbury, Indiana, U.S.A.
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Posted: September 6, 2004 		  adults cases

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