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6 year old son seizure

Tue, 01/10/2006 - 09:16
Just before Christmas my 6 year old son had an apparent seizure. He was sitting in his AWANA class. His head was on his desk & he was drooling. At first the teacher thought he was spitting on his desk. She called his name & he did not respond. A teacher closer to him started gently shaking his shoulder. He kind of rolled his head around. The teacher was able to get him to follow his finger with her eyes. I got in the room almost immediately (I happened to be near his room). He was just sitting there kind of dazed. I asked him if he felt good & he mumbled "no." He felt a little warm, but nothing extraordinarily hot. I picked him up to take out. One of the teachers got her husband to help me carry him, because my son is big (not overweight, but a big ((think football)) boy. I handed him to the man & he kind of rolled his head & upper body around like a newborn. Several people around us gasped, because they thought he was going to be dropped. He carried my son out to my car & put him in the seat, my son was extremely groggy & could not help him, buckle, etc. It took about an hour to get to the hospital, by the time we got there he was talking, but still acting like he just woke up. The ER did a cat scan & blood work. All were normal. I followed up with my pediatrician the next day. She decided to do schedule an EEG. She did this because when he was 4 he was at pre-school & he turned white, threw up & went lethargic, by the time I picked him up he was fine (within 30 minutes). That first episode we chalked it up to a lot of allergy drainage. We did the EEG & the following week, we found out it was abnormal. I have been assured that it is not a tumor or anything life threatening. That is helping my nerves (that & the people praying for us). He has not had an episode since. He acts like a typical 6 year old boy. I am not sure what I am asking here, maybe similar stories???? S in OK

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Re: Re: Re: Re: 6 year old son seizure

Submitted by Slewis on Fri, 2006-01-13 - 08:09
I will definitely update you, good luck with your appointment as well. Have you spoke to your son about it? My son knows he had a seizure, but we haven't really discussed anything else. We are waiting to see where we go from here. S

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