Our last Visit to the Mind Institute

Here are a few pictures from our last visit to the Mind Institute. We actually went up twice on a Wednesday and a Thursday. The first day we did several assessments related to a new study using computer software to improve working memory. Holly had such bad attention skills she barely got through all the assessments, and although it would be totally awesome for her to participate in the program, with the theory that an increase in working memory will improve attention and impulsively we have thus far not been very successful. She has to play the game for 15 minutes every day. Mommy is having trouble working it into our daily routine, especially since most days we aren't home until 7:00 PM and she is really tired by then, and on the days we did try and play Holly has a really hard time playing for the full 15ish minutes. She has to complete three of the "games" each time.

On the second day we did the EEG and we did the Stanford Binet IQ test which was pretty amazing. She did this assessment totally by herself, it was the first time. We were able to watch through the two way mirror and she actually was in the room at least an hour. Though she would ask for Mommy quite a bit she was easily redirected and was able to complete the entire test. Her scores were good and we were super happy with her. it was a fun visit.

Dr. Hagerman recommended we continue on the Minocycline, her ANA Levels are fine and we did some additional blood draws. So we will go back again either 5 weeks after finishing the protocol for the Working Memory Pilot or in about 6 months to follow up on her meds.