In the beginning........ yes, I borrowerd that line from one of the best written books known to man. It starts with the life of my little man, Corey. Corey is my grandbaby, born March 31, 2006 to my daughter Courtney. Corey has always been a very vibrant, happy, joyous & healthy baby up until he began having seizures one day without any warning. We have been at Cook's Childrens Hospital in Fort Worth for the past five weeks and we still do not have a diagnosis. In the beginning.....(see I knew I would use that line again) we arrived at Cook's at 10:00pm on a Wednesday night. By 3:30am Thursday morning he began to have a seizure. They perfomed a spinal tap and a catscan to assess the situation and try and find what was causing this to happen to his little body. By 6:00am he had a very strong seizure that lasted approximately 13 minutes. At this time they had to give him meds to stop the seizures that also stopped his breathing. That lead to us having to put him on the respirator. He was eventually coma induced to allow his brain to rest and avoid further damage. He was on two coma inducing meds along with two seizure controlling meds. As of last Friday, they have started lowering the Pentabarb (coma med) in hopes that he will wake up somewhat and be seizure free. Since Friday, he has made great progress in waking up and has start moving his body a little. As of yesterday, his eyes were fully open and his body movements were very strong. That brought great hope to our hearts as it was the first time we had seen his eyes or any body movement for 4-1/2 weeks. As with any illiness there will be bumps in the road - we encountered one of many at 11:30 last night. Corey began to have small seizures again. Rather than up his meds again, we have opted to try the Ketogenic Diet which works in most kids to control their seizures. We still have a lot to learn about this diet, but with all the diets I've tried in my 42 years, it will be a piece of cake (not literally)! We have been on an emotional roller coaster of not knowing where he may or may not progress. The doctors always tell you the worst and you always hope for the best.

I will continue to use his blog to provide daily updates on his recovery and I hope you visit the blog often.

Thanks to each and everyone of you that have offered up prayers and are continuing to pray - he is definately a precious child and we love him very much!