Febrile convulsions! I nearly had a heart attack on Saturday over my baby boy Ryder

[willytheekid]

Dude........ That sucks. farkn horrible innit
was he sick at all prior? or was it just out of the blue completely healthy like?

He has had one previous to this, but he has a cold & slight fever presently (was at the docs the day before getting him checked out to be safe)
His fever has set this one off, it was just without warning as he was happy and bubbly as usual (Hes always been a lovely wee kid), he was just sitting on the couch with his little juice box watching TV & listening to me an Charlotte talking...then he just slid side ways and started spasming and frothing at the mouth...it went on for nearly 2 minutes (he can't breath during the convulsions!)...friggin heart breaking to watch
(Only thing you can do is strip them off, place in recovery position and cool them off with wet towels or tepid bath...and ring an ambulance)

Hes back to normal now, and we are watching him closely till his cold has gone (Hes getting sick of getting his temp taken )...but it looks like he may have these till hes about 6yrs old (some kids just shut down when they get to hot...hes one of them)

Many thanks for the wonderful support from everyone

...Heres my wee man Ryder

[nudemetalz]

Glad to hear he's okay now, Willy.

[avgas]

Cheers for the thread Willy, I too did not know this existed. While I still think I will freak out if I see it happen to my wee man........hopefully not so much now that I know what it is.
scary shit.

[Brian d marge]

yup another whose been there , , first time the oldest had a fit , was at work , wife in panic , me ahhh dont worry about it , second time , me in panic , wife " told you so "
its scary alright ...

Stphen