Logan Logan is a sweet energetic brown haired boy . He is easily excited, intelligent, active, creative and funny. He was born on March 5th, 2002. Weighing in at 7.6 lbs and measuring 19.5 inches.  His current stats are: Height: 45" Weight: 40 lbs Age: 4.5 Years Favorite Activities include: Terrorizing the Cats, Drawing-Cutting-Gluing paper, Playing with Action Figures-Cars-Dinosaurs, Watching TV. Favorite Things include: He's finally getting tired of Laytex Toys!!!!! but is till attracted to Toys with Flashing Lights, Squishy Pillow Animals are still a big hit but he's less focused on them now, LESS Peanut Butter Sandwiches (Yeah!). NEW interests/passions include CRAFTS (He loves drawing, cutting, gluing, painting etc..) and Action Figures (Barbarians, Robots, Super Heros) - It's about time! Favorite Words/Phrases include: Logan's favorite topic of discussion seems to be anything involving the word "butt". He runs less off topic now and does less stream of conciousness talking these days - becoming more proficient at carrying on lengthy two way conversations. Logan frequently interjects queries or observastions about the topic of discussion. He still loves to make weird noises and sound effects.

Summer 2006 Pictures and Highlights	Spring 2006 Pictures and Highlights
Winter 2005 Pictures and Highlights	Fall 2006 Pictures and Highlights (Under Construction)

What's New

Logan began school again in mid-August, He jumped right in and began to make up for the time lost during Summer break. About this time the neurologist increased his Keppra dosage (anti-seizure med) and about a week later Logan began having panic attacks apparently due to a hypersensitivity he was experiencing with the sensation of touch. I don't know if the higher dose of Keppra allowed him to begin feeling things more normally or what exactly happened. All I know is that he didn't want to wear anything because it "moved". (He could feel his clothes moving against his skin, Probably the first time he ever noticed it) and was intensely frightened of loose hair and threads on clothing. Not knowing what to do, we immediately went back to the original dosage and the problem seemed to "go away" in a day or two. His obsessive/compulsiveness was really wearing us out especially at bedtime. He wouldn't go to sleep until he had sat on the toilet at least 4 times for a period of at least 20 mins each. In desperation, we took the doctor's advice and started him on a trial of Celexa. Within two weeks I noticed a small improvement, by the end of the month, no more obsession with the toilet! Every now and then he will want to go multiple times, but it's nothing like it was before. Much more normal behavior in regards to playing with toys and being less anxious about other kids has also been apparent. We will keep Logan on the medication until the new year and try taking him off of it to see what happens (if the Doctor agrees). We just want to be absolutely certain that Logan really needs to be on the medication. At present, he has met almost half the goals set for him in his IEP (individualized education plan) and the teachers and therapists are very pleased with his progress. He will be going to the Vanderbilt Childrens Development Center for psychological evaluation in December, I'll most more about that outcome in the Winter Update at the end of February.

Logan also has a younger sister. Teagan's  page is here.

Last revised: November 09, 2006
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