I have a 13 and a half year old son that has mild CP. He had a stroke at birth, and they had to place a VP shunt. The effects of his CP are hard to detect to the untrained eye, unless he is very tired or sick - then he has right-side deficits. He has had a totally normal life up until now, except for the shunt. He plays piano, is an A student, and all other activities of childhood are normal.
Seven weeks ago, he had a seizure. It did not last long, but they labeled it a grand mal. Two days ago, he had another one. This one lasted around 5 minutes, and took him another 45 minutes to "come out of it" - get his normal speech back, and normal mobility. The docs checked his shunt both times, and did blood work both times, and everything is normal.
Are seizures common with CP? I had never heard that they are, but am wondering now. I want something reasuuring to tell him - he is terrified that it will happen at school, or church, or someplace in public, and he will be embarrased. His mother and I have tried to tell him that this is nothing to be ashamed of, but we are just sounding like parents to him.
He can remember nothing with either seizure that will qualify as an aura, so he doesn't yet know how to tell when one is coming on.
Thank you for any insight!
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