February 19, 2018 The good news is that the young man continues to make progress. With the consent of his doctor, we started to reduce the amount of Keppra (antiseizure medice) Josh takes, and we've noticed that it makes a difference in his "alertness" and "connectedness." Shortly after the accident, Josh's doctors put him on mega doses of two antiseizure medication. Seizures are a significant concern for TBI victims and Josh had many during his first week (petit mal, not grand mal). The medications seem to have done the trick, but the new doctors we visited when we got back to Portland in October were quite surprised at the size of the doses he was taking every day. At Mary's suggestion, they agreed to slowly reduce the amount of Keppra he takes. We've been watching closely to see if there have been any negative consequences, i.e., seizures, but we haven't noticed anything at all and so the weaning process continues. With less of this medicati