Connor has been complaining of his headache more frequently the last few days.  He also now mentions about being more sensitive to light sometimes, but going to a dark room did not help relieve the discomfort.  Stuart and I started to think about triggers.  We wonder if it could be chocolate as that can be a common headache trigger, and he had been having a bit more than usual lately for dessert.  Thus we had decided to cut out chocolate for a trial which we started on Saturday.  On Sunday, Connor was very active the whole day.  We played tennis and basketball in the morning, then while Maxim came over to play in the afternoon, the three boys spent a couple of hours chasing each other inside the house.  They even tried to play basketball out in the heat for at least 10 minutes.  That Sunday night Connor seemed more uncomfortable with the headache that he could not fall asleep.  We wondered if it was due to overexertion.  We let him come lay down with me and I had to make up this long drawn scary story to tell him before he finally fell asleep.  The next morning, Monday, I decided to reach out to the neurologist who I know and co-taught the Pediatric Headache classes years ago.  I told him the timeline of Connor’s condition, and he recommended Connor to have a CT scan to rule out any abnormality.  He placed the order, and in the afternoon, Stuart took the boys to Kaiser while I ended my day earlier to meet up with them.  When we were called to go into the imaging room, I accompanied Connor.  Connor listened to the instruction very well to lay down and be wrapped inside the protective gears.  The tech told Connor to hold his head very still in order to take a clear picture of his head, and he did just that.  It was heartbreaking for me watching Connor inside this serious apparatus and seeing how well behaving he was.  He was such a good sport and was even smiley to me.  The tech thanked Connor for making his job very easy.  He then showed Connor the pictures of his brain on the computer before we headed out.

    This morning, the neurologist called me as soon as he came to work to report that the CT result was normal, no structural abnormality.  He discussed the plan now to continue the preventive medication that Connor is on for another month.  If no improvement, we can consider switching to another preventive medication.  It is definitely a huge relief to know that there is no significant issue with Connor’s brain.  We now just hope that he will recover from this unknown cause of his constant headache one day soon.