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Infant Son heading to Neurologist next week
Fri, 11/03/2006 - 16:11My 5-month-old son is seeing a pediatric neurologist next week, and his parents (us) are scared stiff.
The EEG test came back with a potential abnormality they called a "focal intermittent delta slowing within the centrotemporal lead."
Of course our pediatrician is mum. And we're on pins and needles until the neuro appointment.
I type in some of the words in Google and scare the crap out of myself with some of the potentials.
My fears, of course, are mortality and/or mental/cognitive/physical impairment. My son seems such a healthy baby -- smiling, reaching his monthly milestones even ahead of time. We just noticed that in a handful of times he would stare blankly and his head would nod rapidly from side-to-side for a few seconds.
Anyone here have a similar experience?
Help & pray,
Fear & Loathing, Atlanta.
Re: Infant Son heading to Neurologist next week
Submitted by michelhead on Tue, 2006-11-07 - 11:42
Hello, I definitely will pray for your family and your son. I understand that you are scared. Getting a good doctor is definitely important. I hope you find out some answers. While I don't have any children to relate with you on that level, I have been through the fear myself of finding out what everything means. The report of my EEG also found the "focal intermittent delta slowing", but mine is in the left temporal lobe. I believe that that is normal after some seizure activity. Anyways, I wouldn't be too worried about your son's learning abilities and a possible death as a result. There are so many dangers out there besides this and this represents a small portion of the epilepsy patients. I would recommend getting his seizures under control and to make sure when he is sleeping he sleeps in a position to allow him to breathe well. I believe that many of the medications out there today, you'll find can treat the epilepsy without causing many side effects or cognitive impairment. Don't get discouraged if it takes a few medicines to get to that point or even a combination of medicines. Good luck and stay positive.