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Hi everyone! My name is Alysia and I have a son named Paul. Paul was diagnosed with Epilepsy when he was 7 years old. He is now 12. He has Partial Complex Seizures in his temporal lobe. We went through years of stomach pains, confusing behavior and strange outburst. Last year, we implanted the VNS. After 6 months Paul showed great improvement. He was smiling, socializing, his grades improved and he was overall happier than I have ever seen him. About 2 months ago we came off of all medication. What an amazing change that made in him. I felt like I was seeing my son for the first time.
He had a bike wreck 5 weeks ago which broke his right wrist and his left collarbone. The next day I took him to Neurologist to see if it has damaged the VNS because it was locate under the collarbone he broke. It turns out, it was not working anymore. We immediatly went back on the Trilpetal. 2 weeks ago, we had surgery to fix the VNS. They did not turn it on immediately. We went back to have it turned on Monday and the second it was activated he started writhing in pain. We decided to leave it off to let him heal more and try again this coming up Monday.
The past couple of days he has been having 'episodes' of stomach pains and has been very moody. Today was the worst. He began throwing things at me and telling me he hated me. He has been physically fighting with his father and has tried to run away 3 times. After each of the altercations he cries and tells me that he doesn't mean any of it and he does not know why he is doing it. I called the doctor but of course I did not get his doctor but the one on call which suggested that I drug him up with Atavan(sp?). A few minutes ago he came screaming down the hall saying that things were crawling on his arms then collapsed on the floor saying his stomach hurt. We have been through some tough times but I don't ever remember it being this bad.
Can anyone help me to understand what he is going through and what I can do to help him?
Thank you
He had a bike wreck 5 weeks ago which broke his right wrist and his left collarbone. The next day I took him to Neurologist to see if it has damaged the VNS because it was locate under the collarbone he broke. It turns out, it was not working anymore. We immediatly went back on the Trilpetal. 2 weeks ago, we had surgery to fix the VNS. They did not turn it on immediately. We went back to have it turned on Monday and the second it was activated he started writhing in pain. We decided to leave it off to let him heal more and try again this coming up Monday.
The past couple of days he has been having 'episodes' of stomach pains and has been very moody. Today was the worst. He began throwing things at me and telling me he hated me. He has been physically fighting with his father and has tried to run away 3 times. After each of the altercations he cries and tells me that he doesn't mean any of it and he does not know why he is doing it. I called the doctor but of course I did not get his doctor but the one on call which suggested that I drug him up with Atavan(sp?). A few minutes ago he came screaming down the hall saying that things were crawling on his arms then collapsed on the floor saying his stomach hurt. We have been through some tough times but I don't ever remember it being this bad.
Can anyone help me to understand what he is going through and what I can do to help him?
Thank you