Lincoln's Dr. Appt.

Saw Dr. Odell yesterday - a follow-up to Lincoln's ER visit. He consulted with a neurologist from UI before we got there. Lincoln had a seizure on Sunday night. The neurologist from the hospital said that they usually do not start running a bunch of tests after just one seizure. If it happens a second time they will do a EEG and more tests. If it happens again, they will most likely diagnose it as Epilepsy. From epilepsy.com: "Epilepsy is known as a seizure disorder. It is diagnosed after a person has had at least two seizures that were not caused by some known medical condition...". "About half the people who have one seizure without a clear cause will have another one, usually within 6 months. If you do have two seizures, there's about an 80% chance that you'll have more." "New cases of epilepsy are most common among children, especially during the first year of life."

From this website, it sounds like a very treatable disorder. "Among those who are young when their epilepsy is diagnosed, 20% are “smooth sailors”—they start on medication and never have another seizure after medication is stopped, even when they reach adulthood. About 50-60% of children become seizure-free with the first medication used, but 30% never stop taking seizure medicines. About 10% have a really difficult time with “intractable seizures.” "