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Atonic Fall

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[badassbe]

this is the most irresponsible video made by a mom. what were you thinking?!?!? you knew your daughter has epilepsy and was at risk of falling and smacking her head, yet you still stood there videotaping hoping that your other daughter would catch her. hopefully other parents of children with epilepsy pay a little more attention.

[setaboston]

My daughter's epilepsy was not dx when this was taped. At this point, in 2001, she was dx with movement disorder. This is partly why I even posted it here. It was the 1st time she had fallen--prior to this, she had some loss of balance. If you see the linked video, "movements"--that was only a month or so before this one. I did not anticipate the fall.

[AlkoholixCZ]

(sorry my language) He have got epilepsie? How old is he?

[setaboston]

Yes, she has epilepsy. In this video she is 4 years old, but she is currently 11 years old.

[Jaanfo]

Aside from seta's comment; you can never predict these things. The only way to keep an epileptic child safe from injury risk is put a helmet on them, and put them into a room with padded floors and walls. Even then SOMETHING can happen. We can guess when Kat's "prime" for a seizure, but we can never tell what type or when. Usually we have her lay down but sometimes it just "happens" and next thing you know she's on the ground with a loud "smack". Not bad parenting, just an awful condition.

[afgprincess1994]

she is not a irresponsible mother! she had videotaped this, but did not know her daughter would fall down and loose complete balance. Next time she has a seizure, make sure shes safe because she might end up hurting herself.

[christabella81]

@setaboston how could u not have noticed her instability and not asked her to sit... right where she was... u knew she might fall.. no matter her diagnosis... her imbalance and safety should be your concern.. hand the camera to the daughter while u hold her..  but.. i guess u realize this by now

[littlesis626]

Thanks for posting this, I have been searching for atonic seizure information since my son fell at school 2 weeks ago. The teachers thought he just passed out but he fell flat on his face and hurt his nose. He was very confused after and could not remember anything. We had an EEG done and it came back abnormal so now we go in for an MRI on thursday and I am absorbing everything I can. Now that I am learning about seizures I believe he has been absence seizures. Anyways thanks for posting this.

[plushbanana]

is she ok?

[lavegabigben]

i have been fall and passing out like this for nearly 2 years, doctors have been runnig heart and other head scans cause i am a big person, but now , i think this is might be wat i am having, i am now going to be talking to my doctors, thanks for posting a helpful video like this , i am sorry ur child seizures, i already suffer from petit mal seizures, as it is,

[tyb4]

The mother was not being abusive or not caring for her child like a lot of the negative comments are saying. Seizures are unpredictable and someone won't always be there to catch the child. We have a child at our daycare that has these seizures and if you happen to be there and catch them, good. Otherwise you just have to hope that the child is near something soft.

[Weisenheimer78]

the big sister is awesome!

[giaafterdark]

for all those people who have left negative comments. i have a son with severe epilepsy and one of the first things your doctor tells you is no matter what type of seizure your child is having, you should NEVER move them, if her mother had picked her up and moved her it would of been extremely dangerous.

[ashleyy990]

This kid should be on a couch! Not standing up. If you're recording this and she's required to be standing up like that, at least have some kind of padding behind her to break the fall.

[yahooqueenie]

this is funny....but fuuny dat he fell[LOL]

[cabjimenez]

Is the child on any antiseizure meds, ketogenic diet, etc? I've seen atonic seizures before but most were prediagnosed and were wearing helmets