Hi
my son is 3 and he has a seizure disorder. All the tests were done (cat scan, mri, eeg) and nothing was found to be wrong with him. The neurologist says this is a good thing. What I want to know is the doctor told me that when someone has a seizure their blood pressure goes down and their pulse goes up. This doesn't happen with my son, all that happens is that is blood saturation levels go down into the high 70s to mid 80s. Does this mean that maybe he has a problem with his lungs or something? Why does this happen, is it normal? Also, my son when he had his first of 4 seizures in a 24 hour period, he turned blue. The er doctor told me that this is normal for someone having a seizure. I didn't know what was going on, never being around someone having a seizure before. I thought he was choking so I did the heimlick on him (well, infant's heimlich) when I did, he spit mucus from his mouth and he immediately got color back to his face and hands. Was he choking? I worry about this when i'm not around because he has chronic allergies and has constant mucous in his throat. I don't want him choking and his caregiver thinking he is just having a seizure