We saw the Neurologist this morning, and all is well! Whew, it's such a relief! He said Tate's passing out because of "shock". He also said that 5 % of children do it, and that it runs in the family (which makes sense to me). The first question that he asked me was, "Have any of your brothers or sisters ever passed out when they've fallen"? I remembered that one of my brothers used to pass out all the time when he hit his head. It's funny that he would ask about my siblings before asking about Bryan or me passing out. Anyways, he said that it generally starts at about 6 months old and peaks at 2 1/2 yrs, kids usually outgrow it by the time they start Kindergarten. I'm so relieved!!
Cute Story:
The Doctor had a scale in his office. Tate asked the Doctor to weigh him, so the Doctor pulled out the scale, and asked Tate to stand on it. Before getting on it though, Tate told the Doctor "I'm 32 Pounds". The Doctor smiled, and sure enough-Tate was indeed 32 pounds!
Maria,
ReplyDeleteI am so glad to hear Tate cheked out OK. You will find that kids at Tate’s age do some "quirky" (for lack of a better word) things which in most instances they generally outgrow. Tyler for example used to get fever seizers when ever he'd spike a fever over 101*. Up until about the age of 6. We started taking our kidlest to a family practice MD at around Tate’s age. A well know phrase in the medical world is Pediatricians are treating the Parents. Most Pediatricians are bombarded with all kinds of parents, nervous, overbearing, over protective. In order to cope they and there staff have an “automatic pilot” and tend to dismiss “common” symptoms and refer serious ones to the ER.
I strongly believe in seeing a family practitioner for children starting at the age of two. (You should check with your MD to make sure he accepts children that age some wont start seeing peds patients until school age 5-6, and most wont see younger than 2 yrs, there offices just aren’t set up equipment wise) We’ve found family practice MDs and there staff tend to be more attentive and in tune to pediatric symptoms because there not overloaded with seeing peds parents & patients day in and day out. IF something serious should ever arise you can get a referral to a peditrition or specialist for subsequent visits/treatment. But, for general immunizations, ear infections, childhood illness (strep throat, chicken pox, etc.) a good family practice MD is a great choice.