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Never even heard of it, certainly didn't think it would happen to me.

This gives me a whole new understanding on being proactive on controlling your child's fever. My peditrician always told us not to give Motrin/Tylenol unless fever was 101 +. I understood this, I know fever is the body's way to fight a virus or infection. But now especially with what happened to Lilly, we have been advised, to give Motrin or Tylenol right away if she is even slightly warm. I think this proved a "2 sides of the coin" perspective on fevers for me. I explained what happened to Lilly in the blog tab or you can go with this linkhttp://polkmomsblog.theledger.com/

I also included a link about febrile seizures. Have any of you gone through this too?
http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/DS/00346.html

I have been through it with my daughter Savannah three times. One in October 2007, then January 2007 then February 2007. The culprit for causing the fever has been Ear infection twice and an infection in the urine once. It is a very scary ordeal to have to endure. We were too told not to give her motrin or tylenol unless she had a high fever but after the first one happened the doctors at LRMC Pedi ER told us to alternate Tylenol and Motrin....as you said....as the first sign of fever......the first seizure happened at 103.1, second at 100.3, third around 102....... she was admitted for observation with the third and has to be scheduled for an EEG to find out why she has these...

By the way, my fiance' had these seizures when he was a baby, right around her age. The say it is hereditary......did either you or your husband have any type of seizures at a young age?

Krystal, this is exactly why I wanted to talk to a mom who has been there. I was so unprepared for this. Like I said, this was news to me.

It is so interesting to know your daughter's father had a history of febrile seizures. And yes, my husband does too! When he was about Lillian's age he had about 3 or 4 seizures.

My husband and I have this running joke when one of our kids does something silly like one of us, the other of us, will say, "I should have done more research". You can bet your house when Eddy told me he did this as a child, I busted out with, I should have done more research!

How old is your daughter? How old was she with her first seizure? I hope Lillian's first will be her last.

Are you or have you seen the pediatric neurologist, Dr. Qureshi?
Thank you Krystal for giving me some insight in your experience.

Shawn,
Savannah is 15 months old now and she had her first seizure on October 5, 2007 at 9 months old. Her second seizure came on January 23, 2008. Her third seizure came on February 16, 2008. This was when she was admitted for overnight observation.

To answer your question, I have seen Dr. Quereshi, our pediatrician actually referred us to her after her second seizure, then we saw her in the hospital, then saw her about a week after we got her out of the hospital, I really like her and the doctors and nurses at LRMC seem to have a lot of confidence in her.

At 21 years old, I was so overwhelmed with these situations. I am truly lucky I had my mother to lean on through those times.....although she tells me all the time that although I was never calm in the ER with Savannah, I handled the situation much better than she would have ever been able to...... and I had to try to be calm for Savannah's sake, so she didn't see me upset.

Krystal, Three times! That must have been awful! 21 years old and having this, You go girl! I am 31, no matter your age, I think this is a tough one.
With Savannah, was she aware during her seizures? Lilly was "gone", and then not even normal for hours after. Long enough for sure to worry me to death and for me to regain my composure.

Ladies, considering Krystal and I both have dads of our little girls that had childhood febrile seizures, I think you should get a family history on yourself or your husband's family to prepare for the possibility of this.

I was also told at the hospital that there seems to be a genetic link.

Yeah when Savannah had her seizures, all times she was completely out of it. The first two she acted like something scared her then she started convulsing. The third time, she vomited then we put her in a lukewarm bath and she wouldn't smile when we tried to make her laugh(which is unusual for her because she is an EXTREMELY happy little girl). Then we took her out and her daddy sat with her in the living room and she started acting like she was having some trouble breathing then she was staring to her left looking down at the floor and she would no respond to us no matter what we tried to do. We called EMS all three times and the third time when they were transporting her to LRMC, just as we were pulling in the Emergency drive she started seizing, and this one seemed like it lasted FOREVER...... it is such a scary thing.....she didn't look as if she was breathing when she had these seizures...just like she lost all control over her body. We did find out that her father only had three or four and he grew out of them by the age of about 2. So hopefully our last ordeal is the last one we ever have to worry about! How is Lilly doing now??

Krystal, thank you for your continued details, This could possibly clue another mom into signs of this happening to their child.

Knock on wood, Lilly seems "normal". I hope our event and your last will be the last for us all.

We were told these could happen between ages 6 months and 6 years, optimal time being ages 2 to 4 years.

Hello ladies. My daughter also experienced a febrile seizure. Thankfully, it was an isolated incident. She had hers at 4 years old which is quite uncommon since kids typically 'outgrow' them by 5 years of age. She's had no more since then. Hers was caused by a quick spiking temperature due to a sinus infection. We woke up one morning with ehr not feeling well and having a temp of 102. I gave her a dose of motrin, decided she'd obviously stay home from preschool and she cuddled up in bed with daddy while I started getting ready for work. About 10 minutes later my husband started yelling for me. Her eyes were rolled back in her head, she was shaking in convulsions and she lost control of all bodily functions (she had a bowel movement and urinated during the seizure). She was completely out of it. The seizure itself lasted about 5 minutes, though it seemed like forever. Something to keep in mind is that during a seizure they can still hear and somewhat understand so do your best to taalk softly and reassure them everything is going to be o-kay. I rolled her on her side because she couldn't swallow her saliva and just held her and talked to her. When it was over she was still out. That was the scariest. She was breathing and conscious but completely unresponsive. She didn't respond to our touch, our voice or anything. She just laid there, eyes closed... like she was sleeping. That lasted for another hour or so. We also called EMT and she was taken to the hospital. Earlier she had complained of a headache (sinus infection) so we weren't sure what we were delaing with intially. Scarey stuff ladies. I hate that any of us have to deal with it but apparently it's the bodies natural defense against a high fever.

zoiezmom, Thank you for your detailed experience. All those details can be all so important to a parent that has never gone through or witnessed this.

I know you helped me realize this can happen at 4 years old. I had heard and was hoping my daughter would outgrow it by then.

I am so sorry that you had to go through this, and I hope none of us have to again. Thank you for sharing!

American, thank you for your sentiments, they are touching and meaningful.

The more thoughts and prayers our little girls way, the better.

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Shawn Arnold
Posted 14 March 2008 12:43 PM
Never even heard of it, certainly didn't think it would happen to me.

This gives me a whole new understanding on being proactive on controlling your child's fever. My peditrician always told us not to give Motrin/Tylenol unless fever was 101 +. I understood this, I know fever is the body's way to fight a virus or infection. But now especially with what happened to Lilly, we have been advised, to give Motrin or Tylenol right away if she is even slightly warm. I think this proved a "2 sides of the coin" perspective on fevers for me. I explained what happened to Lilly in the blog tab or you can go with this linkhttp://polkmomsblog.theledger.com/

I also included a link about febrile seizures. Have any of you gone through this too?
http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/DS/00346.html

~Mother to Brandon, Austin, Ethan, Ryan and Lillian~

My husband had a seizure as a child, really scared his parents. And I understand, I know as a parent, any time my kids have scared me, whether illness or accidental, those times I never forget & I will share what advice I can regarding what I've learned for my Grandkids one day.

Thank goodness I haven't had to experience seizures, although, when my oldest had bacterial meningitus as an infant, her fever was escalating, but they said I got her there before it got dangerously bad, and in time to save her from other high~risk developments with that.

I think most decent moms react pretty quickly when anything odd happens with their kids, that mother~instinct thing, you know. And I'm so thankful my husband's parents were the watchful good parents they were/are.