That's ok, that's happened to me also.  In Florida, most of kids where we
live drive down to Miami (4-6 hour drive depending on where the family
lives)for the pediatric epilepsy specialist.  We don't keep a lot of
pediatric specialists here in Central Florida (even with a children's
hospital).  You can check on the Epilepsy Foundations website for
specialists.

Beth T.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
> On Behalf Of Kendall D. Corbett
> Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 11:33 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Fwd: [C-PALSY] MRI for new seizures?
> 
> Forgot to check the To: field.  Sorry, Beth!
> 
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Kendall D. Corbett <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 9:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [C-PALSY] MRI for new seizures?
> To: [log in to unmask]
> 
> 
> Beth and John,
> 
> The functional MRI or a SPECT scans sound like good ideas, 
> but where John lives, he may well have to go to Salt Lake (or 
> maybe Seattle) to get them. =A0The "joys" of living in MT or 
> WY are also some of it's negatives. =A0I don't know for sure 
> what Boise, Idaho Falls or Billings might have. =A0For those, 
> I'd go to Denver.
> 
> Kendall
> 
> On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 6:51 PM, 
> ehthiers<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Seizures can affect either side of the body or both sides. 
> An eeg will 
> > se=
> e
> > if she is having seizures at the time of the eeg, it can 
> also serve as 
> > a baseline for brain function. =A0A regular MRI will look at 
> > structures of =
> the
> > neurological system to see if something is grossly wrong 
> your child's 
> > bra=
> in.
> > Other imaging techniques that the children I have worked 
> get may be a 
> > fMR=
> I
> > (functional MRI) and the epilepsy specialist in Miami uses a SPECT 
> > scan t=
> o
> > see where the seizures are coming from.
> >
> > Beth t the OT
> >--
> 
> 
> Kendall
> 
> An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)
> 
> The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the 
> unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to 
> himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
> 
> -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
> 
> 
> 
> --=20
> 
> 
> Kendall
> 
> An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)
> 
> The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the 
> unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to 
> himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
> 
> -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
> 
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