re: LSUNurse, loooking for answers for what can be wrong with my 2 year old

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There is also a difference in fostering and adopting. Most adoptive familes have to foster first for this very reason -- to make sure they're prepared and the kid is going to fit in. This is even a requirement in most states.

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This might be the coldest shite I have ever read on here.

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By all means, go to your local DHR/CPS and sign up to be a foster parent. Until you do that, you have no right to judge.

Couldn't go to hospital today. Roads are bad (snow)

Lsunurse, if you read my posts, please give me some advice

We've taken in 8 kids over the years. And every situation, but one, was drug situations. We had 3 kids for 2 years until the mom finally got her life turned around. But of course, she got right back into it. It's not easy handing kids back, but we've had to in every situation but one. Our daughter we adopted. This is only our 2nd chance to adopt. Its not like we don't want it to happen. We hope for the best. But, if we get all bad news.....then we have big decisions to make.
Fostering is NOT easy, but at least there are people that take someone else's kids in and blow thousands of dollars.

So, the doctors you've taken him to have no answers, except to do scans?

Just want to mention that I am also a nurse, with specialty in NICU, Well baby and pediatrics.

Has the pediatrician many any referrals to other specialists? Earlier I mentioned childhood onset schizophrenia, but it also sounds like the child may be having petit mal seizures as someone else mentioned. A friend's child had these for quite some time and he was just considered a bad boy and disciplined for not listening. He also had aggressive behavior.

I would think you should speak to someone at the agency that is involved in this child's case. You mentioned you were fostering and planned to adopt. It could be possible that they could help with referrals that are needed. If you haven't involved that agency, you should certainly do so to avoid future problems for yourself and your wife. I wish you and the child the best. Hoping things get better.

Adding: you mention that he tilts his head and stares into space for 45 minutes at a time. Have you or your wife tried to interact with him when this is happening? Have you tried making eye contact with him? What happens if you approach or touch him during that time? I would imagine if it were any type of seizure, he would not respond or acknowledge your presence. Thanks.

Our Dr's are always "get you out in 15 min" Dr's. They always just say, he has double ear infections and upper respiratory. They have never done tests, or made referrals. The agency does little. They stop by for 30 min once a month. But, as I said...it's gotten real bad this past month. It only happened once before where he acted odd. But he was sick when that happened. He's over his sickness this time and he's still real bad, if not getting worse. Today has been real bad

Yes we try to interact and he won't move or budge or make a peep. If we try to move him, he goes ballistic

We have no choice but to go to a children's hospital and say he's having seizures so they will do tests on him. ER won't do nothing for him at our local hospital

To be fair, it's possible that he is having seizures if he's having periods where he's "blank". That's what absence seizures (also known as petit mal seizures) do and if he's having multiple seizures back to back that could cause what seems like a long period of "stillness" or "blankness".

Thank you guys for all your advice. I'm taking him tomorrow and mentioning the possible seizures, and tubes.
Would the tubes cause seizures?

We wanted to go today, but the really good children's hospital is an hour away on good roads. Don't want to risk our lives over something we can do tomorrow