I wanted to write again, to let some concerned parents who posted above benefit from our experience.
In May, our 18 month-old son had a febrile seizure, associated with Roseola, as I posted above. We were scared that he had stopped breathing, and even more terrified that it would happen again! We spent half-the-night in the E.R., for the doctors to tell us he's fine; it's normal.
Well, our fears of it happening again came true, as our now 20-month old son had a second febrile seizure. However, this time..we knew exactly what to do, we stayed calm, and are now more confident parents. Here is my story:
This past weekend, our son was feeling warm, had a runny nose, but was still extremely active. I took his temp. before putting him to bed, and it was 101.6. We debated about giving him some Motrin, but decided not to. Well, two hours later our son made a "yelping" sound from his crib and began seizing. My husband and I were beyond frightened, but remained calm and put my son on his side, spoke calmly to him, and he came out of the seizure in about 30 seconds. He was confused and scared and crying, so we comforted him. The second he was able to sit up, I gave him Motrin (for fear of another seizure!). His temp was 102.7. Within 15 minutes, he felt cool-to-the-touch, was asleep and back to normal.
My husband and I were so proud of ourselves for reacting calmly, and knowing what to do with his seizure..we aren't so afraid of them anymore. If the seizure had lasted more than a few minutes (the books/doctors say 5 minutes...I don't think I could last that long), then we would call 911. I wanted to share this story, as it is terrifying to watch your little baby/toddler stop breathing and seize, but when you know what to do, it really does help with the confidence and reassurance that something else "more serious" is not happening. We called the pediatrician the next morning, and he said if the seizing is happening all over the body (not just on one side), then this is just how our son is going to react to sudden, high fevers. Our son's fever continued to stay down throughout the night and into the next morning; he just "caught a virus bug"!
Oh---and lest you think we are "calm, cool and collected" about this situation, my husband and I both slept on an air mattress at the foot of our son's crib for the next two nights... :-)
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I wanted to write again, to let some concerned parents who posted above benefit from our experience.
In May, our 18 month-old son had a febrile seizure, associated with Roseola, as I posted above. We were scared that he had stopped breathing, and even more terrified that it would happen again! We spent half-the-night in the E.R., for the doctors to tell us he's fine; it's normal.
Well, our fears of it happening again came true, as our now 20-month old son had a second febrile seizure. However, this time..we knew exactly what to do, we stayed calm, and are now more confident parents. Here is my story:
This past weekend, our son was feeling warm, had a runny nose, but was still extremely active. I took his temp. before putting him to bed, and it was 101.6. We debated about giving him some Motrin, but decided not to. Well, two hours later our son made a "yelping" sound from his crib and began seizing. My husband and I were beyond frightened, but remained calm and put my son on his side, spoke calmly to him, and he came out of the seizure in about 30 seconds. He was confused and scared and crying, so we comforted him. The second he was able to sit up, I gave him Motrin (for fear of another seizure!). His temp was 102.7. Within 15 minutes, he felt cool-to-the-touch, was asleep and back to normal.
My husband and I were so proud of ourselves for reacting calmly, and knowing what to do with his seizure..we aren't so afraid of them anymore. If the seizure had lasted more than a few minutes (the books/doctors say 5 minutes...I don't think I could last that long), then we would call 911. I wanted to share this story, as it is terrifying to watch your little baby/toddler stop breathing and seize, but when you know what to do, it really does help with the confidence and reassurance that something else "more serious" is not happening. We called the pediatrician the next morning, and he said if the seizing is happening all over the body (not just on one side), then this is just how our son is going to react to sudden, high fevers. Our son's fever continued to stay down throughout the night and into the next morning; he just "caught a virus bug"!
Oh---and lest you think we are "calm, cool and collected" about this situation, my husband and I both slept on an air mattress at the foot of our son's crib for the next two nights... :-)
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