Home!

Bertrand has been discharged, and is now comfortably asleep in his own bed!

Bertrand will continue the initiation phase of the therapy for the next week, which requires us to monitor him 24-7 for signs of hypoglycemia and excess ketosis. We have everything we need to continue the initiation from home--ketocal 3:1, ketone level testers, scales, syringes, ongoing and emergency keto-proof medications and, most importantly, lots of information. If anything happens, we're 3 minutes from the hospital, so Bertrand will be very safe here.

We'll also be hitting the stores for the next few days to scavenge the supplies we need for long-term keto treatment, including walnut/coconut oil, pipettes, graduated cylinders, mixers, supplements, keto yogurt and heaters.

Cristina and I feel very encouraged by the dream we saw today. On his 24 hour EEG, he had so many seizures while asleep that he never had a dream sequence. It's been about nine months since we last saw him dream. So far, he's not had a single drop seizure, and his absence seizures seem shorter. Time will tell if this is just statistical noise or if we've actually found something that will help him, but for the first time in a very long time, we have real hope.