Renee, I have a question for you....

iVillage Member
Registered: 01-22-2005
Renee, I have a question for you....
6
Mon, 10-16-2006 - 4:25pm

Last week was our Fall Break. I took the boys back to New Mexico (my home) for the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. I flew with CJ (10, AS) and Matthew (5, NT) alone, as DH is in Iraq. The flights were fine, in fact, the boys were WONDERFUL.

Anyway, back to the point.

Friday night, as we were leaving the Balloon Fiesta, CJ stopped walking, his eyes glazed over and he just stared. I called his name, twice, and not terribly quietly. I was only about 2 feet away from him. I finally held his shoulders and shook him a bit and raised my voice a bit asking him if he was alright. He finally responded that he was fine, and didn't even notice that he'd been "away" or something for a few seconds.

The reason I'm asking you, Renee, is that I know Cait is prone to seizures. I was wondering if this could be a small seizure?

I don't know. I don't know what happened. He just zoned, his eyes were completely glazed over and blank. It scared the stuff out of me.

Am I being paranoid, or should I really be on the look out for more of this?

Thanks for your thoughts.

Crystal

iVillage Member
Registered: 06-25-2003
Mon, 10-16-2006 - 4:39pm

Crystal,


I'm not Renee, but I am chiming in anyway ;)


It sounds to me like it could have been an absence seizure.

-Paula

visit my blog at www.onesickmother.com
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-26-2003
Mon, 10-16-2006 - 5:48pm

Look into it.

1/4 to 1/3 or so of kids with autism spectrum disorders develop seizures. Often they develop them in puberty. CJ is still young but he is just at the beginning age of boy puberty so I would definetly check it out and keep an eye. That sounded alot like a typical absence seizure.

Dave has had these. They usually last 10-30 seconds, he just stares and is not responsive and doesn't act as though he remembers after. Hard to tell when he was younger as it was hard to ask him and have him understand what I was asking.

Renee

Photobucket
iVillage Member
Registered: 01-22-2005
Mon, 10-16-2006 - 6:46pm

Renee and Paula,

Thank you so much for you quick input.

I'd never seen anything like this and it totally FREAKED me out.

I was hoping that he was just over stimulated by the people and hot air balloons but something told me that over stimulation just wasn't the answer for this.

I'll call the ped in the morning and start working on the referral to a neuro. Unfortunatley for me, I think we'll be driving to Birmingham, AL, about 2 hours away, to find a ped. neuro. Birmingham is totally overwhelming for me, I tend to hit early stages of panic when driving through large cities. Chris always drives us to these big appointments, but since he's in Iraq, I guess he won't be able to come home for this. But this is my baby, I'll bite the bullet and get there....I'll need a stiff drink when we get home, but I'll do it.

Thank you both, so very much.

Crystal

iVillage Member
Registered: 09-13-2006
Mon, 10-16-2006 - 7:44pm

I know what you mean about city driving.

iVillage Member
Registered: 07-06-2006
Tue, 10-17-2006 - 8:13am

Hi Evelyn-
I'm very new to this BB and all this stuff. I just wanted to let you know that as soon as we described a somewhat similar situation ("zoning out") to DS's psychologist, she immediately recommended a consult with a neurologist and an EEG. I know how scary this is for you (and it certainly doesn't help that DH is away and that you have a city drive). For what it is worth, we were able to rule out seizures at this point - knowledge is power. Hang in there.

Also, just want to add that our family appreciates the sacrifice that yours is making for DH to be in Iraq. (((HUGS)))

Becky

iVillage Member
Registered: 09-13-2006
Tue, 10-17-2006 - 2:08pm

Just to clarify, it was Crystal who made the original post.