Re: [epilepsy] new adventure

 

Kelly,

It probably depends on how old the children are. When I was DX my daughters were 2,4, and 6. But I had szs when
I was PG with my 2nd and 3rd daughters. Just last week a lady here in town had a sz and fell on her 15 month grandchild--
who she was keeping for a couple days.. She didn't wake up for 2 hours and the child was not breathing.. That I had never
heard of before and you must admit it was a fluke accident.

Although you need to be more careful when they are young -- I've read that lots of you have had children and szs.
It never occurred to me that they could be in danger.

If the children are older 4 or 5-- and older I think szs can be explained to them.And they can be told to call someone. My
girls learned to use to phone before that age. Only you know how your szs are -- bless you as you make the decision.
There are plenty of kids that need good foster homes.

Millie

----- Original Message -----
From: Kelly Porter
To: epilepsy@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2010 6:01 PM
Subject: [epilepsy] new adventure

Hoping to hear form some of you who have raised more then one child
while you have epilepsy. My husband and I have talked extensively about
becoming foster parents and we completed our training last weekend. We
are now in the process of filling out a mound of paperwork.

My seizures are mostly under control. Over 2 years post surgical and I
have one minor partial complex or simple partial seizure a week on
average. None of them cause automations any more, which were horrid
before surgery. I am still on trileptal. I do have some other things
going on, like intermittent pain dependent upon how much I do
physically. I am on Lyrica for this and mostly I live with it and work
around it.

We have one 9 year old boy who is totally on board with this.

I have wanted to do this for years, and my husband is completely in
agreement. The one thing that concerns me is how it might effect my
health. I have thought and thought about this and can't really think of
any major down sides, only minor ones.

Any thoughts form any of you who have raised your kids since being
diagnosed?

Kelly P

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