[bluebird38]

Our daughter had an episode a few years ago where she vomitting and then started having a seizure. She had only vomitted twice before she started having the seizures. I took her to the doctor and he said she wasn't dehydrated. While he was checking her she had a seizure. So, he knew for sure that's what it was. He sent us to the hospital and had dd admitted. He ordered bloodwork on her and put a rush order on it. Well, it was about 3 hours before they came and did it. So, all that time she was throwing up and having seizures. Anyway, they ended up giving her and I.V. to keep her fluids up. They couldn't figure out why she was having the seizures. However, on her records they put down that she was dehydrated. Well, ya, she probably was by the time they did anything for her. But that's not what caused her seizures.

So, anyway, they never figured it out. The doctor said that it must have been one of those things that just happened without a reason.

Well, today she vomitted on the bus ride home. A couple of hours later she was sitting on the couch and her face went completly white, including her lips. She started vomitting and then fell over. Her eyes rolled back and she started having a seizure. It only lasted a few seconds. We took her to the hospital and they did blood work, took a urine sample, and did a CT scan. They said everything came back normal. They sent us home with a prescription for a medicine to help with her nausea.

So, I guess what I'm asking, in my long winded way, is have you ever experienced this?

We are baffled. I hate not knowing why she is having seizures. She doesn't get them everytime she gets sick. She had gone 3 1/2 years without having them. But I don't like her having them at all!

Thanks

[mrsred]

you need to see a neurologist. They can do a CAT scan to see if there is abnormal brain activity. It sounds to me like she has some sort of a seizure disorder. Teh vomiting could very well be a part of the seizure disorder. Get your pediatrician to refer her to a specialist.

[RobinKay]

Originally Posted by mrsred

you need to see a neurologist. They can do a CAT scan to see if there is abnormal brain activity. It sounds to me like she has some sort of a seizure disorder. Teh vomiting could very well be a part of the seizure disorder. Get your pediatrician to refer her to a specialist.

OP said they did a CT scan.

I agree-you need to see a neurologist. The siezures coming on probably make her vomit vs. the vomiting make her have the seizure--

[RavenSong]

Has she had an electroencephalogram (EEG) performed?

[bluebird38]

No she has not had an EEG done.

[RavenSong]

If I were you, I'd request a consult with a pediatric neurologist. At the very least, I would ask for an EEG to rule out a seizure disorder (epilepsy).

[Mystik]

Our FD *A* has seizures on a daily basis and her Neurologist is still trying to sort out which medication/dosage etc. will get them under control. Thankfully her seizures are not the type that cause her to loose consciousness, she just tenses up and spasms a number of times per episode.

Anyways, her Pediatrician is the one who put in the referral to a Pediatric Neurologist. The Neurologist ordered an EEG which is what detected some abnormal brain waves and then later ordered a MRI of her brain which came back normal. What this told the Neurologist was that there was no underlying secondary issue causing the seizures. It's just Epilepsy (which often times doesn't have a *reason* behind it) so now we're just left trying to figure out how to get them under control.

You definitely need to get a referral to a Neurologist for her. INSIST on it if you have to. The Neurologist will do further testing from there to narrow down what is happening and get to the bottom of it.

[ProspectiveSingleMom]

I agree that she should have had an EEG done. My cousin had 3 seizures when she was younger, all widely spaced (more than 6 months between), and all so long that she had to go to the hospital. The never did figure out what the problem was, and she never had any more. So, it is possible that they won't figure anything out, but they should definitely at least do an EEG before they rule it as "cause unknown."