Sunday, October 25th, 9:00pm

Today, we were trying to figure out what was causing Ken's headaches. I asked the nurse if the doctor from last night made any notes in the chart about what they think is causing the headaches, and if this information was given to Ken. They didn't know (shocker) and called the neurosurgeon on-call. He says that he believes the the nerves are in the process of repairing themselves, and some may be sending brief, incorrect signals. They put him on a medicine to control seizures. Gwyneth, Ken said this is a medicine you have been on in the past. I forgot the name, but as soon as the doctor said the name, Ken was very excited and indicated that Gwyneth had taken it, and was very eager to try it.

The rest of the visit was good. We had a discussion about why all this had happened. Why everytime he goes home he has to come back. I get the feeling that he is not 100% comfortable with the doctors . . . not sure if it is Deshmukh or the new neurologist that is seeing him. But he seems to be indicating that they talk quickly, and then leave.

So, for those keeping tabs, he is on this new medicine 300mg 2x per day, Keppra 500mg 2x per day, Plavix 75mg 1x per day, Asprin 325mg 1x per day, Requip XL 10mg 2x per day, and one other that I can't remember.

His right hand is supposed to be in a splint to hold the fingers open, but nobody has brought one by. On my way out, it was being delivered, but they brought the wrong one. They brought one for the left hand.

It looks like he will not get out into rehab until later in the week. Going to try and get in touch with his doctors tomorrow to get some more information.