Seizure

My niece was actually diagnosed with childhood epilepsy when she was seven years old. My sister said that in hindsight she really should have been diagnosed much younger. Because when she was about four years old she would sit and stare like she was daydreaming and during these episodes she would usually wet her pants, even though she was completely potty trained. Looking back on those episodes she now feels they were petite mal seizures. Her grand mal seizures started when she was seven years old. Since my sister is a Registered Nurse, those of us with no medical training shouldn’t feel guilty for not recognizing signs of serious medical conditions in our own children. A huge… [more]