Seizure #3

Yes we had another seizure yesterday morning. It was different from the previous two. It was only her left side and she was fully responsive and alert the whole time. She 's been having weird bright green diarrhea for about 10 days now and she vomited around 5:30 that morning. Then she fell asleep with Jeff and at 7:48 (according to JEff) she started convulsing.We waited until 7:54 to give her the Diastat- a valium based drug that stops seizures. She continued twitching until about 7:58 and then was ok. she was alert and wanted to eat and play. A Little later she slept.
Today we are going to the hospital. We are going to do a 24 hr EEG to monitor her brain activity for 24 hours ans see if that shows anything abnormal.
I want to make a note for myself although many people think i am crazy.
The only consistency in the seizures that I see is peanut butter. I know it sounds crazy and is very unlikely but here is my time table.
I had peanut butter before the last two seizures. The time length and the severity of the seizure were proportional to the amount of peanut butter consumed. Before the first seizure I am about 60% sure I had peanut butter as well.
Here is my recollection of it:
Seizures occur approximately 8- 12 hours after i have peanut butter and approximately 1-3 hours after the last time she has been fed.
For example: On Monday night I had two cups of Mousse tracks ice cream around 8:30 - 9 pm. Madison last ate right before she threw up -so around 5:30 she had a seizure at 7:48. One can argue that she threw up what she ate, but she had eaten probably around 4:00 am as well- not sure about the time.
For the previous seizure I had peanut butter for breakfast- 7-8 am. Madison ate around 8 pm and had a seizure at 9:45.
Doctors and other medical professionals tell me that seizures are not a typical allergic reaction to peanut butter, but may be my body produces something that causes such a reaction in her.
We'll see what the EEG says and we'll take it from there. the only way to prove my theory is to have some peanut butter.

On a happier note Madison is doing great ( except for the seizures). she rolls over an sits up by herself, transfers objects from one hand to the other and according to every doctor we have seen she couldn't be healthier.
Go figure!!


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