Houston has a problem!
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*SEE LATEST POSTED UPDATE - Houston will be having surgery in October.*
WHO? Houston Lovett is a passionate, loving, Spirited, brilliant 10-year-old budding violinist, pianist, engineer, scientist, Chess-enthusiast, NASA fan, and Lego Master Builder! He is full of verve, opinions on everything, theories on how to make the world work better, Grumpy Cat jokes, and love for his Creator.
WHAT and WHEN? On December 31st, 2017 he had his first seizure. Having no other health issues in the past except Asperger's Syndrome - which he always tells people that he actually enjoys having – and no familial background of seizures of any kind, this was a blow out-of-the-blue to him and to his family. He went from having short absence seizures to many-minutes-long tonic-clonic seizures in a matter of months. He also began to have tyrannical headaches and simple partial seizures where his hands or feet go numb and loose motor control unpredictability.
HOW? After much testing, we have found out that Houston has a cerebral cavernous malformation (CCM) that is right next to his dominant motor cortex. Past hemorrhaging has caused brain tissue around the CCM to be irritated and permanently stained, which in theory has begun the seizures outbreak.
In other words, he has a benign brain tumor in a very difficult to operate on location. He has been bravely undergoing many, many tests and seeing the most special specialists we can find to try and find out the safest way to solve the problem and see if there is any way to surgically remove the tumor without high risk of paralysis on Houston's right side, or worse. We are trying to not think of the “or worse” part right now.
WHERE DO YOU COME IN? This is such an unexpected happening... Not wanting to be burdensome and ask for help, we have been doing our best to withstand all the never-ending leaden blows from medical bills and insurance red tape problems, but we are starting to cave under the intense pressure and could use some help from some generous Souls! Thank you for taking time out of your day to read our story!
For more information, see this article in the Salado Village Voice:
http://saladovillagevoice.com/salado-boy-faces-brain-surgery-to-stop-seizures/
WHO? Houston Lovett is a passionate, loving, Spirited, brilliant 10-year-old budding violinist, pianist, engineer, scientist, Chess-enthusiast, NASA fan, and Lego Master Builder! He is full of verve, opinions on everything, theories on how to make the world work better, Grumpy Cat jokes, and love for his Creator.
WHAT and WHEN? On December 31st, 2017 he had his first seizure. Having no other health issues in the past except Asperger's Syndrome - which he always tells people that he actually enjoys having – and no familial background of seizures of any kind, this was a blow out-of-the-blue to him and to his family. He went from having short absence seizures to many-minutes-long tonic-clonic seizures in a matter of months. He also began to have tyrannical headaches and simple partial seizures where his hands or feet go numb and loose motor control unpredictability.
HOW? After much testing, we have found out that Houston has a cerebral cavernous malformation (CCM) that is right next to his dominant motor cortex. Past hemorrhaging has caused brain tissue around the CCM to be irritated and permanently stained, which in theory has begun the seizures outbreak.
In other words, he has a benign brain tumor in a very difficult to operate on location. He has been bravely undergoing many, many tests and seeing the most special specialists we can find to try and find out the safest way to solve the problem and see if there is any way to surgically remove the tumor without high risk of paralysis on Houston's right side, or worse. We are trying to not think of the “or worse” part right now.
WHERE DO YOU COME IN? This is such an unexpected happening... Not wanting to be burdensome and ask for help, we have been doing our best to withstand all the never-ending leaden blows from medical bills and insurance red tape problems, but we are starting to cave under the intense pressure and could use some help from some generous Souls! Thank you for taking time out of your day to read our story!
For more information, see this article in the Salado Village Voice:
http://saladovillagevoice.com/salado-boy-faces-brain-surgery-to-stop-seizures/
Organizer
Jessica Lovett
Organizer
Salado, TX
