Update to dd giving me a scare

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Update to dd giving me a scare
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Fri, 05-19-2006 - 9:12am

First of all thank you to all that replied to my previous post, they made me much more at ease to the situation. If only I could calm dd now. Yesterday, she was still extremely exhausted from the "seizure" and ended up not going to school. She said she woke up and tried to get up and got dizzy so she laid back down. Needless to say she fell back asleep and didn't wake up until I made her get up at 11, she complained of a headache all day. Last night, she still went to bed fairly early for her and was able to get up this morning for school.

An hour into the school day today, I get the phone call from the nurse. Dd is in her office and she's just not feeling right. Dd told her what happened at the dentist and then when I spoke to the nurse I told her what I knew. I spoke to dd, who I can tell from the sound of her voice is terrified. This is so not dd. She absolutely loves school and is an extremely happy-go-lucky kid. It sounds to me that she is giving herself anxiety over the whole thing - almost like PTSD. I asked the nurse if their was a school psychologist that she could talk to and apparently that has to be done through the school counselor. I have a call into her doctor. I'm just at a loss as I don't want to baby her and feed into her fears, but I also don't want to blow it off unless something is wrong. She is still complaining of a headache and feeling "off". She doesn't see the neurologist until the end of June.

Any suggestions on how to get my happy kid back???




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Registered: 01-20-2005
Thu, 05-25-2006 - 7:37pm

My DH says he could retire if I had choosen the right field and become a doctor!! Little does he know that I never plan on allowing him to retire.

I had an infection in my heart shortly after youngest DD was born. It has caused a irregular heartbeat that really gets nasty if I get sick. A few years ago, I got a really bad case of bronchitis (coughed so hard I broke a couple of ribs). The doc couldn't get the insurance company to admit me to the hospital for bronchitis but once he saw the heart monitor reading that was all he needed. He called a cardiologist buddy and I was admitted in less than an hour.

Oldest DD has mitral valve prolapse and a problem with the bundle branch (electrical stuff). She takes medication for hers and rarely has a problem with it.

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