Update on Skye, Post appt.

Update on Skye, Post appt.

Okay, here's the scoop. Skye is being put on Topamax for his migraines (yes, it's an anti-seizure med, but also used to treat migraines). He's to go back in to the Neurologist at Childrens for a checkup at the end of July, and have another MRI in a year to check on the cyst to make sure it hasn't grown. Apparently this type of cyst is quite common, though occurring in males more often than females. His is still considered small enough to not worry about yet as it is not constricting the passage of fluid between the brain and the spine. Click Here to read up on the specifics of the condition from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). The neurologist said that all the neurological tests were fine (he did a whole bunch of them on him today) and paired with the MRI thinks that once we get the migraines under control he'll be okay for a good while. Part of the migraines is that he's straining his neck and causing himself a tension headache to deal with the pain in the front from the migraine... vicious little circle. We're to keep him on a strict sleep schedule and up his intake of foods rich in magnesium and riboflavin (as well as a multivitamin containing these) and cut out caffeine completely if possible. Which is pretty much nothing anyhow because I don't let the kids drink much soda, any coffee, though I do let them drink tea, so I'll cut that to decaf for them. Drink lots of water all that stuff.. The kid already eats and drinks healthier than most kids his age, so that's good. Won't really have to change his diet much at all. So that's where we sit now.... Still in limbo so to speak, but treating the side effect of the headaches...