Childrens Seizures and your Feelings!

My son Joshua has Seizures every now and then and no body knows why he does it but he does, I remember the first time he had a seizure he had been sick and i had a newborn baby that had just gotten out of the hospital that day ( she had bronchiolitis and nearly died) Josh was standing in the kitchen i turned my back and heard a bang , thinking he had fallen over i turned to see my baby fitting on the ground i ran screaming and picked him up ( BAD IDEA BY THE WAY) and handed him to my mum i was hysterical i then grabbed the phone and ran outside.

I called the ambulance they asked if he was breathing but all he was doing was making loud grunting noises, the lady on the phone said the ambulance is on the way!!

I couldn't go inside i couldn't i don't know why but i waited for the ambulance to come i stayed outside while they looked him over and i reluctantly got in the ambulance with him as he was still unconcious , i was petified he was going to die.

When we got him to wake up a little bit he was un-responsive to pain and was just wanting to sleep, my mum arrived with my baby and i lost it, i couldn't go near him i couldn't look at him i couldn't touch him, i was scared of him, every time i looked at his face all i could see was him fitting.

the doctors had to sedate me and get me the social worker who explained to me that i wasn't  a bad mum for being scared of my child it just showed how much i loved him and that alot of mums have the same feeling after a major event!!

It took me 5 months to get over it every time he fell my heart would stop, every time he was quiet i would choke up i didn't want to be alone with him and i didn't want him out of my sight, about a week after i relaxed it happened again!!

What i am trying to say is that if there is anyone else out there who has had the same feelings after a seizure or a major event with their child and they feel guilty please don't, there is no right or wrong way to react, its the hardest thing in the world to see your child having a seizure as there is litereally nothing you can do for then until the seizure stops.

Make sure you surround yourself with people that love you and your child, ask to see a social worker or the chaplian and talk about how you feel, make sure you have breaks from your child as you can get a bit obsessed and take a CPR course it makes you feel alot better.

And please please don't be afraid to ask for help if you want someone to stay with you and your child for a while until you feel more confidant then ask!!

TIPS FOR SEIZURES

• MAKE SURE THE ENVIRONMENT IS SAFE- REMOVE THINGS THEY COULD HURT THEIR HEAD ON
  
• DO NOT TOUCH YOUR CHILD UNTIL THE SEIZURE STOPS
• DO NOT PUT ANYTHING IN THEIR MOUTH- YOU CANNOT SWALLOW YOUR TOUNGUE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE
• TIME THE SEIZURE
• CALL THE AMBULANCE AND EXPLAIN TO THEM HOW YOUR CHILD LOOKS SO THEY KNOW WHAT KIND OF SEIZURE YOUR CHILD IS HAVING

• WHEN THE SEIZURE STOPS PUT YOUR CHILD IN THE RECOVERY POSITION ON THEIR SIDE HEAD PROPPED UP AND TILTED BACK SLIGHTLY AND WAIT FOR THE AMBULANCE   

                                                    

 THANKS FOR LISTENING GUYS AND I HOPE YOU NEVER HAVE TO GO THROUGH IT!!