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msgrizzle
08-01-09, 12:51 AM
Hi everyone, I'm a mom of two fabulous boys, ages 9 (in 3 weeks) and 2.5 living in the northeast USA. My first had many vaccines before I stopped, my second has had none. My second son recently had an absence seizure (only one that we know of, so far) so I am more grateful than ever with my choices! Looking forward to reading here and continuing my education on this fascinating subject...
MinorityView
08-01-09, 04:38 AM
:hug::5:

so glad you are here ms. grizzle!
3monkeys
08-01-09, 05:46 AM
Hi Msgrizzle. Nice to have you hear. I am learning every day here and I LOVE it. Such a good place. Welcome
cartersmom
08-01-09, 07:01 AM
Hi...new here as well and also from the northeast...forgive me but what is an absence seizure???
Serephina
08-01-09, 08:43 AM
Hi msgrizzle and welcome :)
Gitti
08-01-09, 09:08 AM
Hi and welcome!
Momtezuma Tuatara
08-01-09, 12:43 PM
Hi...new here as well and also from the northeast...forgive me but what is an absence seizure??? That's a seizure where the person just has a pan face, doesn't respond to stimulus and then clicks out of it.

so usually, there are no spasms, or jerks or eyes shooting all over the place, or hand twitches. It's just that the child looks really away with the fairies... sometimes they can be stiff, sometimes relaxed... but they are not with it.

It's similar to a partial complex seizure. With PC seizure, the child can still wander around, glassy eyed, but is unresponsive to anything verbal.... Both absense and PC seizures usually ause "tiredness" and the child will go off and sleep for a few hours afterwards.
deesalie
08-01-09, 01:16 PM
Welcome to BV :)
waiting
08-01-09, 03:25 PM
Hi! Nice to meet you!
Janet
08-01-09, 03:48 PM
Hi and welcome :)
msgrizzle
09-01-09, 02:22 AM
We've only witnessed one seizure so far. They used to be called petit mal. He basically just went non-rsponsive for a few seconds with his eyes rolling back but he maintained muscle tone (sitting on knees at the kitchen table) then suddenly snapped out of it and went right on babbling and acting as if nothing happened. Very bizarre! This is actually a good description: http://www.epilepsy.com/epilepsy/seizure_absence

Thanks for the welcome!