[Pepsiporn]

My old room-mate took some pills he found at a club once and ended up looking a whole lot like that.

[Sharon]

I had seizures the same as this following my brain haemorrahge due to the brain scarring. I have petit mals now (I had what this boy has - grand mal). The most that could be done is that I be put on my side, my head cushioned and breathing observed. I had to be recussitated once

If it goes on longer than3 minutes, call an ambulance. I had one that lasted a shocking 45 minutes and I was hospitalised for a week and could not use my left side for days

Epilepsy is frightening to watch and VERY uncomfortable to go through, like being electocuted.

The father shouldn't have continued filming him, that made me uncomfortable. I'd hate knowing I was filmed in that situation. It just seems wrong

[Shelbeano ^-^]

Originally Posted by Kelly ↗

I kinda see your point but there is also a baby crying in the background that needs attention. You here the dad mention he's crying. You would think he would stop then or at least place the camera down.
I'm not saying that filming the kid is wrong but as a parent myself my instinct would be to put the camera down and put him straight on his side instead of waiting for the mum.
My niece has very bad epilepsy so i feel for this kid and the parents, it's not pleasant to see or go through.

I agree, but in the video it seems the mum just came from the crying child.. Perhaps he was just hungry or crying to cry like newborns do, provided it was a new born. Idk, many variable scenarios with this one.

[herrbender]

Yeah dad did a good job on this one, mommy had to drop everything she was doing and sort everything out so daddy could keep on filming. And probably the boy stil thinks of his dad as a hero!

[Oswald2001]

I think they handled it about right.

It is serious, but it is also a fact of life to be dealt with as it arises.

The worst thing to do is to overreact which would just make things more difficult.

This kid may well have to learn to live with this throughout his entire life.

Learning not to 'horriblize' these events is useful.

Do what can be done in the moment, ride them out and go from there.

[anarchy45]

Hey I do that!

Shit started while I was in my final year of college... maybe I smoked some bad weed or something. I just remember going light-headed then waking up on the floor staring at the ceiling. Would feel really, really tired and take a long nap. One time my girlfriend heard me collapse in the hallway and saw me shaking. It stopped within a minute, but hey, America being what it is, I couldn't afford to go to the hospital or the doctor. Then it 'progressed' to the point that I would space out... I could hear and was fully aware (and remember) my gf talking to me, shaking me and repeating my name, but I was unable to respond or say anything... and then I'd shake like this kid. This happened 2 or 3 times in my final semester of college. About a week after graduation I had a big seizure that landed me in the hospital for 3 days. $8,000. No insurance. So of course, that meant no follow-up care, and no way to pay for meds that cost $400+ and made me feel like shit. Needless to say, after a month I stopped taking them.

Aaaaand 2 months later, I ended up in the hospital for a full 7 days. Apparently when the EMTs arrived they asked me how old I was, and I insisted that I was 19... I was 22. When I woke up in the hospital I felt like I had been hit by a truck, my body was so sore from all the muscle contractions and I couldn't get out of bed. My kidneys almost failed because of all the muscle that was worn away ("rhabdomyolysis"). $20,000.

Needless to say, I've taken my meds ever since, and haven't had any more seizures. Some people's seizures aren't so well controlled, even by meds.

On the other hand, epilepsy qualifies me for medical weed, so I just need New York to get it passed!

[Spiffyfable]

I had an Ex-GF that did that a few times. The first was way way scary. I called 911 and she came out of it by the time the Fire Department got there

[Nutbutter]

Poor lil fella

[bellydancinb]

Poor kid! I couldn't imagine letting my baby cry as long as the one in the background has been. When my daughter was a baby I don't think she ever cried more than 1min the entire time. She rarely cried though, I was lucky. It bother me to hear children cry and go unattended.

[khathryn]

Poor kid was wiped out afterwards.

Obviously the children in the family are well cared for. Sometimes, you have to let one child cry in order to tend to another. That's just how it goes. If the baby crying is healthy and safe, and just unhappy, crying for fifteen minutes isn't going to hurt him/her - especially if they aren't doing it on a regular basis.

I did get a kick out of Dad freaking out, while Mom walks in and calmly lays the kid on his side to comfort him. It IS possible that Dad hasn't experienced an episode before, I suppose, while Mom has. Regardless, anyone with a child with a previous seizure record should know what to do. And what to do does NOT involve allowing them to lay on the couch with their head pointed toward the floor while in the midst of convulsions. *rolls eyes*