Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months

Alex update

Here's the back story:

https://community.thenest.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/45781548.aspx

https://community.thenest.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/45810624.aspx

https://community.thenest.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/45832575.aspx

Anyhow, we had a follow-up visit with our pediatrician this morning. She hadn't received the records from the children's hospital yet but his neuro exam and everything looked good. She called tonight after reviewing his records and final EEG report. 

His EEG was "mildly abnormal" (there were several times when he had an unusual wave pattern when he got drowsy) ETA: and "inconclusive," but the neuro is fairly confident that Alex's seizure was an isolated occurrence. The best guess is the seizure was triggered by low blood sugar (due to not being able to keep anything down the previous few days) plus dehydration and then the mild head trauma when he passed out and fell. Rare that he stopped breathing after the seizure but most likely (and hopefully) that will not happen again either! No further follow-up unless he has another seizure in the future.

She did suggest, if he's vomiting in the future, to give him full-strength Jell-O, Popsicles and Gatorade (G2) rather than Pedialyte to try to keep his blood sugar from dropping.

Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers last week!

fraternal twin boys born january 2009

Re: Alex update

  • Yeah! What great news.
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  • This is good news!!  So glad he is doing better and no more tests for the sweet boy!
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  • ohhh what a relief!!! What good news Im so happy for you!
  • That's great news!
  • That awesome news! Thanks for the tip too.
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  • That is great news!
  • HUGS for him and you. I hope you never have to deal with this stuff again.
  • Thank goodness it's all over!  I'm happy to hear the good news.  :)
  • I have been following your story. My SIL has epilepsy and it is one of my greatest fears for DD. I'm so glad he is OK! I hope you never have to go through what you went through, again.
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  • Awesome news! I'm glad there were no indications that this was anything but a one time incident.
  • *Sigh of relief*

    I missed your last update, and was more than a little worried about the word "final" in the title.  Glad to see that it's the final update because things are looking up.  Hope you never have to deal with that again. 

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    *Sigh of relief*

    I missed your last update, and was more than a little worried about the word "final" in the title.  Glad to see that it's the final update because things are looking up.  Hope you never have to deal with that again. 

    Oh no, I'm sorry! I didn't think about it sounding that way. I'll try to revise it.

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  • Thats great news! Im glad he will be okay :)
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  • What wonderful news! 
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  • Phew.  What a scary incident!  Glad it turned out this way.
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  • Thank God!

    I was thinking about you and your family, especially Alex.

    To be honest, I couldn't remember your SN or your LOs name and every time a poster posted something like, "Update on our LO..." or "Update:  (Insert Childs name)" I was looking for your familiar siggy to find out what happened.

    I'm so happy everything's okay!!

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  • That's great!
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  • Yaya for good news! How are YOU holding up?
  • So glad to hear the good news!
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    Yaya for good news! How are YOU holding up?

    Ah, I just spotted this (scrolling through "My Posts") so I don't know if anyone else is checking this anymore. Thanks for asking! I think DH and I are both still pretty exhausted (especially since we had the stomach bug ravage our household during and after Alex's hospitalization so we're still trying to catch up on everything). I had an MRI this morning and on the way to the hospital, an ambulance came up behind us and had a hard time getting through because traffic was basically at a standstill on the highway and everyone took forever to figure out how to move out of the way. I had a posttraumatic stress reaction just watching that--panic and that helpless feeling I had came back. Made me realize I hadn't really processed everything that had happened yet but I'm OK now. Just praying it never happens again!

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