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rachelsea 
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Posted: 30 May 2010 at 7:28pm |
Has anyone else experienced their little one having a febrile convultion?  poor little Chelsea had one this afternoon, oh my god it was so terrifying we rang the ambulance and they came and took us to hospital, and got her temp down (was 40.1) with pamol, nurofen, cold damp cloths and two lemonade popsicles! We are home now and she's ok, asleep in bed but will prob check on her all the time tonight!
Freaky stuff, but am happy she's alright now...
If your child has had one, did they only have the one? Apparently I had quite a few when I was little when I'd get a high temperature, so hoping it's not gonna be the case with Chelsea 
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Shezamumof3
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Posted: 30 May 2010 at 7:32pm |
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Oh gosh thats so scary hun! :( *hugs*
aparently I nearly had one when I was little, mum put me in a luke warm bath I think.
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Posted: 30 May 2010 at 7:57pm |
I have heard that they can run in families - my friends daughter had one and after that they found out her husband used to have them as a child! The wee daughter only had one - and is now 8 and fit and healthy.
So scary tho
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JadeC
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Posted: 30 May 2010 at 8:04pm |
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A friend of mine had infant febrile seizures as a baby, but grew out of them and is fine now.
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Posted: 30 May 2010 at 8:27pm |
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My youngest sister had quite a few when she was little and it was terrifying, there were many trips to hospital in the ambulance. She grew out of it before she was 5 and my Mum had lots of ways to keep her temp under control, like luke warm baths (never cold) and lots of luke warm flannels compresses on her head, also making sure she was not too warm in bed at night etc. My mum was told that it is more common in fair skinned, fair haired children for some reason and my sister is very fair.
I hope you don't have to experience them again and that Chelsea is on the mend HUGS to you, I remember to this day how scary it was.
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Posted: 30 May 2010 at 8:56pm |
Oh no!!! Jsut wanting to send big  your way! Hope that was the last one for Chelsea.
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Posted: 30 May 2010 at 11:51pm |
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Posted: 31 May 2010 at 8:08am |
Lily had one around the same age. DH was away for the weekend and it was the absolute WORST moment of my life. I had never heard of them and I thought she was choking (because she had a cold and had been snoring). I called the ambulance, it was about 2am, and they knew exactly what it was as soon as they arrived. They were lovely and the hospital staff were lovely but I was an absolute wreck. It took me about 2 days to get through it and I couldn't even mention it without crying. At the time I thought she was going to die.
I had too many layers on her. She was wearing a vest, pyjamas, socks and her go-go bag and then I'd brought her into my bed to keep an eye on her so she had my duvet on her too. They tested her for a urine infection but she was clear, she just had a cold and overheated. Here is the info the doctor printed out for me.
Big hugs to you! Hope Chelsea is doing better this morning.
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Posted: 31 May 2010 at 8:09am |
Aaaaawww Rach- I didn't know hun! That must've been so scary for you guys! 
Clodagh hasn't had one (touch wood) but I know they tend to happen on temps over 40 deg. We used to get the odd misdirected 111 call about them and we'd advise to take bub's clothes off and sponge with tepid water to try and bring down the temp while waiting for the ambo. Sounds like you did everything right. Hope Chelsea's ok now though?!
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Posted: 31 May 2010 at 8:41am |
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Harper had his first last month and we've been keeping an eye on him overnight as he's a bit 'off'. Not nice at all. Even though I'm used to seeing people have seizures it still came as quite a shock coz he went unbelievably grey and looked so little. His temp went up then down then back up really really fast.
If you want to help keep the temp down put luke warm flannels under the arms and on the groin. A bit of vinegar in a luke warm bath is supposed to help as well. I'm not sure if they have given you anything but if not go to the drs. The hospital didn't give Harper anything so after seeing the dr the next day and starting on antibiotics he was fine but I was still up every two hours for 3 or 4 nights checking his temperature. If you have a good relationship with your gp then perhaps go and have a chat with him anyway. I had a really good chat with mine who gave me some good advice to help keep his temp down next time he starts to get a temp.
I'm sure they went over it with you yesterday but it happens to 1 in 20 children so quite common and they grow out of it around 5.
Lots of hugs, hope she's feeling better today and you've had a good night.
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Convultions :(
