[PhiKapMom]

Thanks for that info -- she was dehydrated so she was a prime candidate for this to happen. Kind of scarey when you don't realize what could happen when medicines are administered in an emergency situtation.

Know one thing -- this has taught me to ask all kinds of questions on medication and their side effects that is given to my family.

[jammer]

If you had known of the possible side-effects, were responsible for the child's care, and knew the condition of the child, would you have refused the treatment going in? I think not, nor would any rational person.

[yatros from flatwater]

Very frightening indeed. It's not for nothing that the Greeks thought that seizures were of supernatural origin - the amazing thing is that with all of the electrical activity of the brain, that we are able to function at all! Another blessing is that children are unlikely to suffer any lasting harm from such events...

Psalm 91 seems a good fit.