Baseline

Before and after. Since we are not involved in any control group study, we need to establish a baseline reading of Emma’s brain waves before the stem cell treatment next week and then again afterward, probably a month or two post-procedure.

Joe and I will take Emma to the NYU brain research lab today where she will have a QEEG brain scan. It measures alpha, beta, delta, gamma and theta brain wave activity in the various regions of her brain illustrated with nifty color-coded pictures of her brain cross-sectioned from above and from the side. Black, navy blue, and brown – good news. Orange, yellow and red – not so good. We won’t see the results until after we come back from Panama so it will be a while until we can say anything about the ‘before’ baseline scan.

I’m hoping that we will see our doctor today and I’ll have an opportunity to ask him some more questions about the stem cell therapy. If so this will be a two-part entry. Before and after. If not, then it’s a brief blog today.