by Tim O'Grady | Oct 31, 2016 | Updates
This month it’s been all about food! Sadly, Toby still isn’t interested in food at all but prompted by a couple of people who care for him we’ve been exploring the ‘blended diet’ which kinda does what it says on the tin, blended food pushed through his Mini Button...
by Tim O'Grady | Oct 6, 2016 | Updates
Sorry for the late update, the end of the month came and went in a flash, and what a month it has been. The biggest thing this month is that Toby has started school!! Ok, it’s’ a nursery class but it’s in a proper school with big kids, buses and a...
by Tim O'Grady | Sep 2, 2016 | Updates
Regular readers will know that over the last few months Toby’s ‘partial’ seizures have progressively been getting worse, increasing in length and duration till the point he’s having a seizure every minute or so during bad times. Last month we spoke to the neurologist...
by Tim O'Grady | Jul 31, 2016 | Updates
I hate starting these updates with ‘it’s been a tough month’ as it feels very repetitive but I guess that’s the nature of a condition like Dravet, it changes all the time and very rarely for the better. During one antenatal class I remember a...
by Tim O'Grady | Jul 3, 2016 | News & Events, Updates
Another month gone and sadly it’s not getting easier, Toby is still having around 100 seizures a day lasting from one to ten seconds each which seem to be causing him more distress and pain as he’s crying out, he’s also having fully convulsive...
by Tim O'Grady | May 31, 2016 | News & Events, Updates
Sorry to say May has been tough for us and rubbish for Toby. We started May with a trip to Helen House that we were really looking forward to as my Mum & Dad had kindly offered to stay with Toby in the hospice while we had a couple of nights away in nearby...
