Febrile Seizures

Jenna

Terrified is an understatement. A week and a half ago I put my perfectly happy and healthy (almost 10 month old) baby girl to sleep. 3 hours later she made one sound which prompted me look at the video monitor and she was having a seizure. I ran into her room and grabbed her.. lips blue. I thought she was dying. After rushing to the ER, I'm told that is actually fairly common and 1 in 25 kids between 6 months and 5 years old will have them and it is caused by quick spike in fever. They did the tests for an ear infection or something viral to no avail. We saw our family doctor the next day and he said there's about a 30% chance she will continue to have them when her fever spikes.. I'll take those odds. Nope. Less than a week and a half later, she seizes again at a temperature of 39. Her dad had febrile seizures from the time he was 18 months old until he was 6. I guess I just wanted see if anyone is in the same boat as me. If you are, I feel you. The tiny little helpless shaking body, the blue lips, the disorientation and rolling eyes. Hands down the scariest moments of my life.

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