22 mo. old nephew having seizures

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I'm hoping some of you will be able to shed some light on the situation and offer up any advice or information for my family. My nephew has had two seizures in the last 24 hours. My brother called me and is a wreck over it and was hoping I might be able to help him find out what to do for his son.

He seized for about a minute yesterday afternoon with no previous history of it. My brother called the paramedics who took him to the ED. My nephew has been vomiting and having diarrhea for a 1-2 days prior to this. The ED doc took a cat scan and said everything appeared normal and referred to his pediatrician for follow up, blood work, and a referral to a neurologist. My brother was told to place his son on his side and make sure he didn't choke on or bite his tongue should it happen again in the meantime.

My brother can't get an appointment to see the Peds doc until Monday and my nephew just had his second seizure a few hours ago. Upon calling the Peds office after the second seizure, my brother was told that the doctor was booked and my nephew still couldn't be seen 'til Monday. So, my brother and nephew are going to have to wait it out for three more days until they can be seen Monday morning.

I don't know anything about child seizures and I don't know what to tell him to watch out for, to ask the doctor about, or where to get more information. My brother is young and this is his first and only child and I know he's feeling alone and helpless right now.

Any thoughts, suggestions, or information would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

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Specializes in ER/ MEDICAL ICU / CCU/OB-GYN /CORRECTION.

I would insist on having this child seen in the ER again and seen by a Pediatric Neuro on call

Good luck and God watch

Marc

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Specializes in Education, FP, LNC, Forensics, ED, OB.

Hello, Crystalline,

There probably isn't anything that is more frightening than to see ones child have a seizure.

Yes, please tell your brother to take him back to the ER and be re-evaluated. The providers in the ER are the only ones who need to be advising him at this point.

We hope the little one gets better and very very quickly.

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