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Our weekend sucked
May. 20th, 2007 06:15 pmWe drove for four and a half hours and then I slept for an hour and a half. Then we went and saw some rellies, then Vinnie had a febrile convulsion and I spent all night in a hospital. John stayed with us as long as he could, and then we sent him home to get some sleep, because we still have to drive home the next day. The doctor came around at abou 11, I think, and then we went to find my rellies' house, and have some breakfast. The chalets we were in (Middltopn Beach Resort) were lovely, and I want to go back for a whole week. Albany looked good for the whole 25 minutes I got to be driven around in it, and the resort had a gorgeous spa, pool, and entertainment set up. A whole week.
So neither John nor I made it to the party that we trucked ourselves down for, and neither of us is particularly relaxed right now. Vinnie is fine, but the drs suggested we get him checked out for epilepsy as well, because there is a slight chance that he might develop it. I checked the intarweb and it says
Is a febrile convulsion a type of epilepsy?
No. The cause of a febrile convulsion is related to the feverish illness and is not due to any brain abnormality. Epilepsy causes convulsions (seizures or fits) without fever.
About 1 in 100 children who have two or more febrile convulsions develop epilepsy in later childhood. This is slightly higher than the chance of epilepsy developing in children who have not had a febrile convulsion. So, febrile convulsions and epilepsy are two separate conditions, but a very small number of children may be prone to develop both epilepsy and febrile convulsions.
So neither John nor I made it to the party that we trucked ourselves down for, and neither of us is particularly relaxed right now. Vinnie is fine, but the drs suggested we get him checked out for epilepsy as well, because there is a slight chance that he might develop it. I checked the intarweb and it says
Is a febrile convulsion a type of epilepsy?
No. The cause of a febrile convulsion is related to the feverish illness and is not due to any brain abnormality. Epilepsy causes convulsions (seizures or fits) without fever.
About 1 in 100 children who have two or more febrile convulsions develop epilepsy in later childhood. This is slightly higher than the chance of epilepsy developing in children who have not had a febrile convulsion. So, febrile convulsions and epilepsy are two separate conditions, but a very small number of children may be prone to develop both epilepsy and febrile convulsions.
