We heard back from Dr Lobatz and after having reviewed the results of Matt’s EEG and MRI the doctor is suggesting that we have Matt in another Telemetry Monitoring EEG Study.  It sounds like because of Matt having such a normal EEG in a videoed 20 minute session, Dr Lobatz would like to conduct a longer more extensive study to see how Matt’s activities change throughout the coarse of a few days.  This involves Matt being admitted to a hospital for 3 days and nights.  I was told by the doctors office that Matt was referred to Tri City Medical Center for the study.  We were also told that Tri City and UCSD were the 2 hospitals in the County of San Diego that do these kinds of studies.  All of this sounds expensive so now when we get the referral we will have to go back to Kaiser to get their approval.  If that doesn’t happen first time around we have to once again appeal with the State of California and the Insurance Commissioners Office to get all that approved so that Kaiser can cover the cost.  That process could take weeks or even months so I will keep you posted when we are thru that.  Besides that, Spencer is in China this month to teach so we were fortunate enough to schedule one of his colleges, Jon Kern from Scripps Encinitas Rehab who also works with Dr Lobatz and Spencer’s mentor Waleed who is also in China this month. 

We had a nice Christmas Eve.  We went to Spirit of Joy Lutheran Church in Ramona for Christmas Eve Service.  Everyone at Spirit of Joy was very accommodating and were very happy to see Matt back at for the first time since his accident.  Matthew received alot of attention and warm welcomes.  He did very well and as he settled in he looked around and listened to the Sermon and Song throughout the service.  After we came home, the Smith family came over to visit, share blessings and exchange gifts.  It was a very nice evening, one like we haven’t had in a couple of years.  You all stay safe and have a Happy New Year! 

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