KarenB
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OK, we all know there's nothing funny about a seizure, but what's the funniest or wierdest place you ever had one?
Tonight, our 8 y.o. -- who enjoys tunnels -- decided to tunnel through the bottom of the coffee table. This took some doing...it has a glass top, and then there's a shelf thing - made of a metal framework...so to climb through, he had to put his hands through the framework, pull his body through and so forth.
Well, of course, no sooner does he get completely under there, then he goes into a tonic seizure. And my husband and I are looking at each other trying to figure out what to do, because his arms were through the framework, and with him stiffening up, we couldn't really pull him out.
So...my next thought was to just let him stay in there, until the seizure was over. But...what if the tonic progressed to a clonic? With his arms in the framwork and his head resting on these metal bars, that wouldn't have been good.
So...after a couple seconds I remembered that the glass lifts up off the table, so husband lifted it up, while I scooped the little guy up (the way his arms were positioned, there was no problem coming straight up). Fortunately the seizure was over within about 20 seconds, and without any big mishaps.
Never a dull moment!
Tonight, our 8 y.o. -- who enjoys tunnels -- decided to tunnel through the bottom of the coffee table. This took some doing...it has a glass top, and then there's a shelf thing - made of a metal framework...so to climb through, he had to put his hands through the framework, pull his body through and so forth.
Well, of course, no sooner does he get completely under there, then he goes into a tonic seizure. And my husband and I are looking at each other trying to figure out what to do, because his arms were through the framework, and with him stiffening up, we couldn't really pull him out.
So...my next thought was to just let him stay in there, until the seizure was over. But...what if the tonic progressed to a clonic? With his arms in the framwork and his head resting on these metal bars, that wouldn't have been good.
So...after a couple seconds I remembered that the glass lifts up off the table, so husband lifted it up, while I scooped the little guy up (the way his arms were positioned, there was no problem coming straight up). Fortunately the seizure was over within about 20 seconds, and without any big mishaps.
Never a dull moment!