Child nearly fainting - what is it?

Do you know the feeling of driving following a helicopter that carries an unconscious body of your child? If you do, I pray for what you went through. For the rest of you who imply that I don't care for my child - I have a question.

Did your kid ever go through an extensive evaluation including:

full body MRI - twice
spinal fluid test - twice
heart hooked up to a monitor - 60 hours
brain hooked up to a monitor - 60 hours
numerous blood tests - for all the possible general maladies and viruses
numerous urine tests
a full neurological assessment, with a 1-hour brain neuron test 7 days later
extensive histories discussed with both parents (including his dad's dizzy spells)

It was all happening in a hospital for sick children, the best in the area. They were not sure what caused his seizure, so they worked on all fronts. Their final conclusion was that there was absolutely nothing wrong with my child, and the seizure was a febrile seizure.

Are you telling me that all of you, not knowing my son or me, know better than the best ICU and pediatric doctors? Hmmmmm

Are you telling me that he may have developed a heart problem 3 months after that? I highly doubt it. There is such a thing as - I know my son. I feel his slightest deviations from a norm.

I will ask my doctor to check him out again.

It is going to happen on January 8, 2007.

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riviere wrote:

Do you know the feeling of driving following a helicopter that carries an unconscious body of your child? If you do, I pray for what you went through. For the rest of you who imply that I don't care for my child - I have a question.

Did your kid ever go through an extensive evaluation including:

full body MRI - twice
spinal fluid test - twice
heart hooked up to a monitor - 60 hours
brain hooked up to a monitor - 60 hours
numerous blood tests - for all the possible general maladies and viruses
numerous urine tests
a full neurological assessment, with a 1-hour brain neuron test 7 days later
extensive histories discussed with both parents (including his dad's dizzy spells)

It was all happening in a hospital for sick children, the best in the area. They were not sure what caused his seizure, so they worked on all fronts. Their final conclusion was that there was absolutely nothing wrong with my child, and the seizure was a febrile seizure.

Yes, to all of the above. That's not the point. The point people are trying to make is that the episodes of near fainting are probably unrelated to the febrile seizure and are possibly related to a life threatening situation. If the last episode was over a month ago and you didn't seek medical attention then, then why bring it up here now? You asked for opinions, you got opinions, you don't like the opinions you received, and you've gotten defensive.

If the dr has told you it's not an emergency situation, and that's what you want to hear, then go with his opinion. If your son has another episode between now and January 8th, I strongly advise you take him to the nearest emergency room and have him evaluated.

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Are you telling me that all of you, not knowing my son or me, know better than the best ICU and pediatric doctors? Hmmmmm

Are you telling me that he may have developed a heart problem 3 months after that? I highly doubt it. There is such a thing as - I know my son. I feel his slightest deviations from a norm.

I will ask my doctor to check him out again.

It is going to happen on January 8, 2007.

Yes and no, we're telling you that the information you presented indicated a critical situation and we've given you our opinions. That doesn't mean you have to take our advice, but again, we responded to the information you provided at the outset.

None of us know what is wrong with your son. None of us have indicated that we know more than anyone. We've all indicated we would have sought out medical attention during the other episodes and we all have suggested you do the same.

Best wishes to you and your son.