Is this focal seizure?
Hi there!
My son is 2 months old today and since around 2-3 weeks of age I’ve noticed him having some weird shakes. First time I saw it happen I was super scared, mentioned it to my partner who was in the shower at the time and she said it was probably a newborn thing.
He sort of move his head to the right and stares to the right, stiffens his legs and arms, sometimes like a dabbing position. His face goes red, his eyes open up wide (kinda looks like he’s scared), he smacks his lips sometimes and then some saliva comes out.
I’ve seen it happen a few more times until I had enough, told my partner to grab her bags and that we were going to the hospital to get it checked. We stayed at the hospital for about a week with our baby boy, they’ve done blood tests, lumbar puncture, head ultrasound and an MRI and they all came back ok.
The neurologist team wasn’t too sure of what it could be or what could be causing it so they’ve settled with focal epilepsy and put him on 0.48 milligrams or Keppra, nothing changed for about a week or two so we had the dose changed to 0.75 milligrams (he’s 5.315kg).
Has anyone experienced that before or would know more about it?
I can provide videos of the seizures either here or in DMs if needed.
Thanks!