Rachel went in for an EEG at Good Sam Hospital. Another new experience for our little girl:

The result of the EEG was that Dr. Cheyette discovered that Rachel’s seizures were NOT Absence Seizures after all. The EEG showed that her seizures were starting in the right temporal lobe, and Absence Seizures generally start somewhere in the center of the brain. The new diagnosis was Complex Partial Seizures. “Complex” means that she loses consciousness, and “partial” means that she did not fall to the ground and lose all muscle control (grand mal).

The next step was an MRI to see if anything visible was causing the seizures.