
Last week started off well – we kicked off butterfly week with some great activities and the emerging of our butterflies, which was exciting! Wyatt strung together this great looking banner (I glued them to heavy paper and cut them out first) then we hung it in his window.
Then we were derailed. We had a neurologist appointment for Wyatt on Wednesday (video) and we ended up getting an overnight EEG for him the next day. This kid is something else, he is so strong and brave and undergoes so many things with such a good disposition. He is pretty amazing.

I was a mess honestly. Having to go to a last minute emergency overnight EEG during a pandemic was the last thing I wanted to do obviously. But the EEG did show that Wyatt has seizure activity occurring in his brain, and we were able to start him on medication immediately.
So our week took a different route than we had originally planned, but we are home now and together and have some answers on something that had been worrying us for months. He was originally supposed to get this EEG during the peak here in Michigan and it was obviously postponed, until it couldn’t be.
Anyway! For those interested, I did download many resources for butterfly week.
Resources:
Butterflies – Little Pine Learners
All About Butterflies – Science for Little Learners
Butterfly Math – Linda’s Loft for Little Learners
Painted Lady Butterfly Unit – Stephanie Hathaway
Twig and Moth Butterflies and Moths
Books We Read:
Extras:
What a brave little chap – best wishes to you all 🌿
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He really is! And thank you. 🙂
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So great that they were able to give him meds right away!
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Yes! It was – I guess many times they don’t catch the seizures on the EEG so we were grateful that they were able to. 🙂
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I can understand how scared you would be at this time especially. I am glad there is a medicine to help Wyatt.
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Thank you! Yes, I was extremely stressed out and scared. Still am!! But Wyatt is doing well so I am focusing on that instead.
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Aw, poor baby; you poor Mama. He is a trooper. I swear kids are so much more resilient than us adults.
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This kid really is a trooper. When he was in the NICU we had a banner made calling him Tough Cookie, and he still is. 🙂
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I didn’t realize your son had CP! My husband does too!
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Yes! The more people I talk to as well, I find so many people who have CP or know someone who does! 🙂
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Oh, Erin, how frightening! Well, for YOU anyway. Not for brave Wyatt. 🙂 I know you must be relieved to have him home and on his medication.
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He really is such a brave little guy!! He sat there and let them hook him up to the EEG and didn’t bat an eye, just kept giving the nurses big flirty smiles. LOL. But yes, I was in a panic!! I am very relieved to be home and on meds. 🙂
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Wow…all you have to do is mention going to the doctor to me and I want to run and hide in the woods. LOL
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Wow — that’s scary. Maybe Wyatt is getting a homeschooling in home healthcare these days and there is much to be said for learning all that young. He sounds like he’s really a champ. Good luck with it all –I hope the meds are successful.
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This kid amazes me all the time. He takes things in such stride for a little kid. Thanks Jeannie!
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Still praying! Hope he’s doing okay today and you’re getting more answers. I downloaded some of the resources you mentioned before and now we finally have ink so I can print some of them out to use for her lessons this week. She loves watching her caterpillars too! (P.S. I shouldn’t admit this, but I can’t spell caterpillar to save my life. I seriously just had to google it because I kept messing it up! lol!)
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Haha doesn’t it always seem like there are words out there your brain just can’t get right? I have a hard time with recommend. Lol. I hope you guys are enjoying the caterpillars! I need to get ink- I just tried to print out some stuff for this week and found I didn’t have any black ink. 😦
And thank you so much for all your prayers!
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I think I might have it down now! We’ll see! 😂
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Lol!!!
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Sweet Wyatt. What a trooper!
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He really is! Such a brave little guy. 🙂
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Praying for you and Wyatt! I would be a complete mess too. I know you’re thankful that he handled everything so well.
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Thank you!
Oh my gosh it was awful!!! I don’t think I am going to relax for a while still!
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Praying for you and Wyatt. Glad he got to have the test and now has medication to address the seizures.
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Thank you Janet! It was pretty stressful but we are starting to settle in with the new routines. 🙂
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