L.O.
My friends sisters child, who I think of as a Nephew, is now 14. His went away around six I believe, which is in general early. It was scary for her for the longest time, because every time he got a cold or a sneeze(anything to make him uncomfortable or even slightly trigger a fever), there they'd come. His delays started off heavy, then went away. He's now doing well in school.
Unlike my Brother, who has PCSD(partial complex seizure disorder), they do go away.
BTW, define normal?
My brothers seizures came out of nowhere, it seems like he had just gotten the series of surgeries to correct an issues with his nose that caused frequent unstoppable bleeding finished, his Asthma under control, and he was able to hang out with his friends again, and then the seizures started. They were unpredictable, terrifying in it's randomness. Until we figured out what they were, it was like walking on eggshells, one second he was fine, the next he was shaking and trying to muscle his way past me to the outside, and nearly succeeding. One where he was shaking and muttering things we didn't understand. Another issue had him staring out the window mid-bite of his lunch, then two hours later he continued like it was nothing.
Once we found a competent pediatric neurologist, his quality of life changed. He went from thinking the world was ending, to anything is possible. She found a good medicine for him, and he was able to do almost everything, including the hallowed "get a license".
Then there was the whole issue with dealing with substitutes thinking he was the class clown(he was, but not with that), and trying to "set an example" by slamming his head on the desk(we had a standing rule that if he was asleep in class, let him sleep because he had just had a seizure, and a secondary would be triggered by waking him), then setting off a second seizure, or shaming "the village idiot". The second one got the surprise of a life when he looked at the board and answered the unasked question, then said, "Look up left partial complex seizure disorder with halos, please, then call a 'village idiot' again. Please." She had no clue that my brother could hear her through a seizure.
I empathize with any parent dealing with seizures. Many types do go away with no lasting effects. But even if they don't, many can enjoy "normal" rewarding lives, providing you are positive, focused on general well-being, versus his "illness" We never let him use his seizures as an excuse. In school, he did thousands of pages of make-up work and extra tests and quizzes to make up for the seizures he had in class while learning to control them. He was active in as many things as he wanted (only one we didn't was swimming), and barring lawn mover, he did many chores with the rest of us. He had out of state field trips and many camping trips with pals. Was it easy? No. We never sat back and waited either. We looked up all treatments, and experts, and read stacks of books higher than your ceiling on the subject.
Once he knew he had love and support, he aimed high. He's now on his final couple years of schooling to be a pharmacist, and engaged to the love of his life.
Hang in there Mama!
