Guest guest Posted January 3, 2008 Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 My son went to take a bath and was in there for a very long time. I checked on him and figured he was playing so I let him be. Then after about an hour I went in and saw he had drained the bath and was drinking water from the spout. He does this alot. I asked if he was ready to come out and he refused and continued to drink the water from the spout. I let him stay for another few minutes and went to get him out. He was acting very strange and just sat in the empty tub while I tried to coax him out, still continuing to drink from the spout. He then urinated on himself (which he NEVER does...always goes to the toilet). He made a few weird sounds and I couldn't tell if he was distressed or laughing because he had his head down. I finally got him out of the tub and he bagan to cry softly and grabbed ahold of me. I took him to the bed and laid him down and he went into a stiff fetal position and stared off while I put lotion on him. He's non-verbal so I asked him to point if it hurt somewhere and he didn't. I asked if he had to go poo in the potty and he shook his head no. As I talked to him it seems like he was fading in and out of reality. Normally my son is all smiles and giggly and active. He would fade out and then all of a sudden look at me and smile, then fade back out. It's 10 minutes later now and he's playing like nothing ever happened. This has happened 2 other times that I can remember, but it's a rare occurence. It scares the hell out of me because it feels like something is happening to him and he can't tell me. Any thoughts or similiar experiences? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 I would get him to a doctor asap. It sounds like a seizure to me, but your discription is somewhat different than the ones I have seen. Were the other times after he drank water from the bathtub spout? Some pipes have lead in them, I guess that could have triggered it. One way or the other, imo he needs to be seen. maggie_orourke <maggie_orourke@...> wrote: My son went to take a bath and was in there for a very long time. I checked on him and figured he was playing so I let him be. Then after about an hour I went in and saw he had drained the bath and was drinking water from the spout. He does this alot. I asked if he was ready to come out and he refused and continued to drink the water from the spout. I let him stay for another few minutes and went to get him out. He was acting very strange and just sat in the empty tub while I tried to coax him out, still continuing to drink from the spout. He then urinated on himself (which he NEVER does...always goes to the toilet). He made a few weird sounds and I couldn't tell if he was distressed or laughing because he had his head down. I finally got him out of the tub and he bagan to cry softly and grabbed ahold of me. I took him to the bed and laid him down and he went into a stiff fetal position and stared off while I put lotion on him. He's non-verbal so I asked him to point if it hurt somewhere and he didn't. I asked if he had to go poo in the potty and he shook his head no. As I talked to him it seems like he was fading in and out of reality. Normally my son is all smiles and giggly and active. He would fade out and then all of a sudden look at me and smile, then fade back out. It's 10 minutes later now and he's playing like nothing ever happened. This has happened 2 other times that I can remember, but it's a rare occurence. It scares the hell out of me because it feels like something is happening to him and he can't tell me. Any thoughts or similiar experiences? --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make your homepage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 I agree. Get seizures ruled out, try to get an EEG, when that happens, don't let them tell you it's fine, get a photocopy of the neurologist's interpretive report on the EEG. Andy > I would get him to a doctor asap. It sounds like a seizure to me, but your discription is somewhat different than the ones I have seen. Were the other times after he drank water from the bathtub spout? Some pipes have lead in them, I guess that could have triggered it. One way or the other, imo he needs to be seen. > > maggie_orourke <maggie_orourke@...> wrote: My son went to take a bath and was in there for a very long time. I > checked on him and figured he was playing so I let him be. Then after > about an hour I went in and saw he had drained the bath and was > drinking water from the spout. He does this alot. I asked if he was > ready to come out and he refused and continued to drink the water > from the spout. I let him stay for another few minutes and went to > get him out. He was acting very strange and just sat in the empty tub > while I tried to coax him out, still continuing to drink from the > spout. He then urinated on himself (which he NEVER does...always goes > to the toilet). He made a few weird sounds and I couldn't tell if he > was distressed or laughing because he had his head down. I finally > got him out of the tub and he bagan to cry softly and grabbed ahold > of me. I took him to the bed and laid him down and he went into a > stiff fetal position and stared off while I put lotion on him. He's > non-verbal so I asked him to point if it hurt somewhere and he > didn't. I asked if he had to go poo in the potty and he shook his > head no. As I talked to him it seems like he was fading in and out of > reality. Normally my son is all smiles and giggly and active. He > would fade out and then all of a sudden look at me and smile, then > fade back out. It's 10 minutes later now and he's playing like > nothing ever happened. This has happened 2 other times that I can > remember, but it's a rare occurence. It scares the hell out of me > because it feels like something is happening to him and he can't tell > me. Any thoughts or similiar experiences? > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Never miss a thing. Make your homepage. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 Do you think he drank an excessive amount of water? If so he could be throwing his electrolytes out of whack and this causes serious issues including death from cardiac arrythmias. If he over intakes on fluids like this the potassium and sodium levels can drop quickly and cause confusion and stomach cramping. But it takes a while to reverse (certainly longer then 10 minutes) so I am confused as to what happened here. Interesting story and I would be curious to hear what others feel about this one. Tina > > My son went to take a bath and was in there for a very long time. I > checked on him and figured he was playing so I let him be. Then after > about an hour I went in and saw he had drained the bath and was > drinking water from the spout. He does this alot. I asked if he was > ready to come out and he refused and continued to drink the water > from the spout. I let him stay for another few minutes and went to > get him out. He was acting very strange and just sat in the empty tub > while I tried to coax him out, still continuing to drink from the > spout. He then urinated on himself (which he NEVER does...always goes > to the toilet). He made a few weird sounds and I couldn't tell if he > was distressed or laughing because he had his head down. I finally > got him out of the tub and he bagan to cry softly and grabbed ahold > of me. I took him to the bed and laid him down and he went into a > stiff fetal position and stared off while I put lotion on him. He's > non-verbal so I asked him to point if it hurt somewhere and he > didn't. I asked if he had to go poo in the potty and he shook his > head no. As I talked to him it seems like he was fading in and out of > reality. Normally my son is all smiles and giggly and active. He > would fade out and then all of a sudden look at me and smile, then > fade back out. It's 10 minutes later now and he's playing like > nothing ever happened. This has happened 2 other times that I can > remember, but it's a rare occurence. It scares the hell out of me > because it feels like something is happening to him and he can't tell > me. Any thoughts or similiar experiences? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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