6 Month Old With Seizures Posted: 05-24-05 13:25pm
Good afternoon! I am a new ehealth
member trying to seek some answers
regarding my 6 month old experiencing
seizures.
On may 17, 2005 my daughter izabella had a
seizure. She was sleeping lying on her
stomach. When I noticed that she was
having an “episode”, I quickly picked
her up. Bella’s arms, legs, eyes, and
tongue were all moving in sync. It
lasted for about two to three minutes.
When it was over with, her body when limp,
and she came too about one minute later.
We went to the er, because we were pretty
sure that this was a seizure. They did a
cat scan, eeg, mri, and drew her
blood…the results all came back normal.
The neurologist put her on
trileptal…starting off with 05ml, 1ml,
and now she is on 1.5ml. So far bella
has had two small seizures while being on
trileptal. The neurologist said that he
may need to change her seizure medication
or give her a 24 hour eeg.
On a side note, ever since izabella has
been one month old she has had seizures.
We did not know this until we described
the “episodes” to the neurologist.
When she had her very first seizure, we
asked our pediatrician about it explaining
in detail what happened. She said that
it was her immature nervous system and
that it was fine. So we were not too
concerned, because we thought the
pediatrician knew what she was doing.
Also, when izabella has her seizures she
is sleeping. She has the seizure and
then will go back to sleep.
If anyone has any comments, suggestions,
advice…please respond back to me!
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poetmcc
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Posted: 05-24-05 14:49pm
You said you thought the pediatrician knew
what he/she was doing but you do not seem
to know for sure. Maybe you should go
back to the Dr. And ask for a full
exam...Just to make sure.
Go with your instincts...If you think
something's wrong do something about it.
You may get lucky.
Good luck to you and please post again on
how your daughter is doing.
Take care
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kayakmom
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Posted: 05-24-05 20:54pm
As a baby, we were also told that he had
an imature nervous system.
He was later diagnosed with epilepsy after
seizures got worse.
Ask for a referral to a pede neuro and
have a full work up....Best wishes!
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