Karen and I had gone to bed and were awoken 30 minutes later to the sound of a thud and a gargling noise. We knew right away that it was Jason having one of his seizures. We entered his bedroom and found him lying on the floor between his bed and his dresser, twitching and struggling for air. We picked him up, put him on his bed, held him, talked to him and just made sure he couldn't hurt himself and that he could breath. That about all you can do in these situtations. Typically, thre is no danger from the actual seizure so you just try to keep him safe. In most cases, injury occurs when the child tries to get up and move around. They tend to lose control of their arms and legs so if they are standing up they can fall and hurt themselves.
This bout of rolandic seizure was surprising to me because it occurred so soon after Jason went to sleep. It was longer lasting than what we had been seeing recently and he lost the ability to move his right arm for several minutes. I would say the seizure episode lasted about 10 minutes but it does seem longer when you're in the middle of it. The inability to move his limb lasted another 10. We moved Jason carefully to our bed so we can keep our eye on him tonight. He seems to be resting now but Karen and I will not go to sleep for the next few hours.
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