Amber had them when she was small - 4ish? I think - the one I remember
the best - she was playing ball with her cousin - tossed the ball and
then just became a statue - her cousin ran off and chased the ball and
stuff - Amber just stood there frozen in space - then she came to life
like nothing had happened and continued playing. Her aunt and we amazed
but knew right away what had happened (cousin has CP also) She had been
diagnosed with seizures - tested etc - but that was the first one I
actually saw. Altho - she had one at the top of the stairs in the house
and fell down the stairs - like a stiff board tumbling... Scary stuff
-since it's not a predictable event. Blessed Be - she out grew them.
Trisha
-----Original Message-----
From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Tamar Raine
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 12:52 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Seizure???
wow, I never knew there were absence seizures. I get these things, and
go into staring into space, and the only way to get out of it is to
force myself to blink or move my eyes. usually i need to put my hand to
tap my forehead or rub my eyes.
Thanks,
Tamar
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From: Trisha Cummings <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Tue, June 1, 2010 8:57:12 AM
Subject: Re: Seizure???
Hi Mike,
I suspect - it's a measure of degree - a seizure is simple your
neuron's firing randomly - the degree comes in when they cause other
neurons to fire - when tons go off - it's a grand mal seizure - when
fewer go off it's a spacing seizure and perhaps and when only a few go
off - it's a tick or twitch. Amber's absence seizures became twitches.
Absence seizures are pretty easy to miss. Looks like just staring into
space.
Trisha
-----Original Message-----
From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Michael H. Collis
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 9:25 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Seizure???
Are spasms called seizures? If so, I've seen them (heck, I've had =
them),
but when I was at the Matheny School in NJ from 1960-1971, I never saw =
any
of my friends there have any type of seizure. I've seen people with =
Ataxia,
but thought those symptoms were normal. I learn something new every =
day.
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