Yesterday Jayden had a seizure and got to visit the Emergency Room for the 1st time. It was SUPER scary! This was not his 1st one but this one was 3x longer . I was dropping him off at my Grandmas and he went and sat on the floor. My Grandma was trying to get his attention and he wasnt saying anything or looking towards her. I went and sat down next to him to see what he was looking at. His eyes were darting back and forth and he wouldnt respond to me. I layed him down and was assessing him. My grandma asked him to squeeze her hand, he must have been coming to because he lightly sqoze her hand. After a little bit he was able to shake his head yes and after a little bit longer I asked him if he was ok and he said, "yes". I was very nervous and took him straight to the car and headed to the ER. They put in an IV to draw some blood for labs and had him give a urine sample. They did a CT scan. He was so cooperative and BRAVE! Having a CT scan can be scary, especially when your only 6 years old! Everything came back normal and so we were sent home and told to follow up with his pediatrician. When we visited Dr Weipert today he also agreed that it sounded like a "petite mal" seizure. These can also be known as "Absence Attacks". According to headinjury.com these are characterized by abrupt and brief interruption of consciousness without convulsion.During the typical, seconds-long episode there is "loss of contact" or "spacing out". During the episode, interaction is not possible. These episodes can be very brief, subtle and easily missed by a nearby observer. Normally, whatever activity a child was engaged in before the seizure is continued following it. Sometimes children with these seizure types are misdiagnosed with learning or behavioral problems. Dr Weipert said they would most likely continue and each time get worse and worse. He said thay are easily treated and is going to have us visit a Neurologist. I am nervous about all of this and it truely breaks my heart. He already has to deal with so much and to add seizures to the list of problems just makes me sick. I am so grateful he has awesome insurance and is double covered because I am sure we still have many Doctors visits to come. I am also so thankful for the priesthood and for Jarom giving Jayden a blessing last night. Well I will post more after we have seen the Neurologist.
