Today we finally had our follow up with Neurology after Garrett's seizure episode this past August. I was happy to find out that they have decided on a diagnosis. They said that his seizure was a complex febrile seizure. The reason that it was complex, rather than just a regular febrile seizure was because it was one-sided and it lasted 30 minutes. Normally febrile seizures last up to 15 minutes. They also decided to go ahead and wean him off of his seizure medication because they said it is not normal practice to put a child on medication after their first seizure. They normally wait until the child has a second seizure, especially if the first seizure is febrile. They released us from their care, so we don't have to follow with Neurology anymore unless Garrett has another seizure. It is kind of scary not to have Garrett on his meds anymore, but we do have Diastat just in case. That is a medication that you give to stop a seizure, so if Garrett does have a seizure, we at least have the means to stop it. She said if he has a seizure to be sure to call her, and she will resume following Garrett, but hopefully that was just a one-time thing, due to his illness at the time.
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Thank Heaven that Garrett is ok. I really hope that he does not have another seizure. Mommies and daddies do not like having scary things happen to their children.
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