Febrile Seizure - Woodstock,GA

I started sleeping 4 or 5 years after the last seizure. It's an ongoing fear. Most febrile seizures are from the quick spiking of a fever not the running of one. Tylenol and Motrin will only keep it down but will not necessarily keep it from spiking. Spiking also usually happens when the little one is NOT sick but has just become sick. We never woke our little one from sleeping. Sleep is good for the healing process so disturbing her may have hindered the recovery.

You wake up every couple of hours and feel her and make sure she is breathing and resting comfortably. I did a lot of praying over the crib in the middle of the night. Fortunately most little ones outgrow febrile type seizures. My little one did. Her first one was at 14 months and her last was at 3 years 3 months, while I was in labor delivering her little sister.

I have learned that building their immune system will help deter anything, including sicknesses that spike fevers. If you'd like some info on how to do that let me know and I can go into detail.

God bless,

M.

Just throwing in my 2 cents. My daughter had 2 febrile seixures when she was 14 months old. She was sick but did not have a fever. The first one I called 911 as I had no idea what was happening, the second one happened later that evening and she spent the night in the hospital and underwent numerous tests over the next couple of weeks (due to there not being any fever). My husband and I were extremely nervous for the next 12 months and never went anywhere without the seizure medication tube that was prescribed. DD never had another seizure, although she has had plenty of fevers and we never needed to use the medication.

Rather than waking your daughter I would be more inclined to get one of the new thermometers and just scan her every few hours, if she has a fever then monitor her and medicate if it gets too high, remember the fever is caused by the body trying to get better.

99.9% of the time the kids grow out of the seizures - but I feel your fear. Hang in there, this too shall pass.

you have to wake her up and give paracetamol or tylenol every 4 hours.. if she has febrile seizure attacks.. you need to give it to prevent temperature from shooting up.. remember seizure has bad effects to the brain and it may cause permanent damage... if she is sleeping comfortably then rest just make sure you wake up to give the tylenol... btw, i am a nurse.. ;)

It hasn't been very long since my little one had her seizures (a few months), but my husband and I are still very worried about it. We both reach for the thermometer immediately if she's fussy or acting funny. As far as waking her up, we still just check her head while she's sleeping and let her sleep unless it feels like her fever is starting to climb. We've only had one sickness since the seizures and I was worried the whole time until the fever broke. I figure I've got a good 5 years before I can relax about it.

I usually woke my son because his fevers were so darn high and scared me to death. I remember going in his room every 3 hours and checking him and seeing readings of 105 or 106 on the thermometer. He had 2 febrille seizures when little but always had super high fevers regularly when he got viruses or ear infections. I am sure you will be up all night checking, so if you get concerned or the fever seems high it will be ok to wake her to dose. I guess it just depends on how you feel she is doing. My son had outgrown the high fevers by the time he was 5 and has never had any problems since.