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My 4yr old granddaughter starting having absence seizures about 3 weeks ago. They kept increasing to up to 4 an hour. Neurologists put her in the hospital for testing last Tuesday and ordered an mri on Thursday. MRI showed gray matter in the wrong part ow

By Anonymous July 18, 2017 - 11:18am
 
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Of the brain. One of the neurologists ordered her a narcotic which was supposed to bring down the number is seizures to maybe one a day. The least she has had since being on it is 13 a day. Can you give me some sites to go to that are current that have information about younger children with this type of seizures and what is the danger to her having so many everyday.

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