Fawnahareo’s Place

We’ll be home from Vancouver on Friday, just in time to celebrate Halloween!  Yesterday I hit the Dollar Store and picked up some goodies, which I will be distributing to the neighbours along with this note:

Greetings!

As you know, Jade has been having seizures since the end of May.  In the last month, the neurology team in Vancouver has concluded that she is not responding to anti-seizure drugs; since she has now “failed” three drugs, the chances of any other drug working for her are very slim (less than 10%).

This week, we are travelling to Vancouver again to start Jade on a special therapy called the Ketogenic Diet.  This diet has a very good chance of helping her to control her seizures, so we are excited to give it a try, but it does mean some big changes to what she eats.

One of the big changes is that she will not be able to have any sugar, which of course means no Halloween candy.  We think she can still enjoy the fun of Halloween, though!  When we come to your door, we’d love it if you could give her the enclosed non-candy treat.  (We’re sure you won’t have any trouble recognizing us, even though she’ll be arriving as a lion.)

We’ll be leaving on Sunday morning and will be back on Friday afternoon, just in time to take part in Halloween.  Hope you have a great week!

Thanks in advance for your help!

Fawn, Michael, Jade, and “Nugget”

Here are some shots of Jade discovering her costume for the first time a few weeks ago.  (Thanks to Tim for most of these pictures.)  Click on the photos to enlarge them.