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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Am glad to hear Children's is now taking concussions seriously.  My child had a bad one five years ago--was unconscious for ten minutes--and went to Children's.  After ascertaining there was no bleeding in the brain, they sent us on our way, with absolutely no advice or warnings. Children's could not have treated it more lightly--perhaps because it was not a sports related incident or perhaps because they simply weren't taking such injuries seriously then.

Child slept for 17 hours a night for several days, stayed home for a week (spring break).  Midweek I took her to PCP who determined she was post-concussive.  We then went through months of extremely erratic behavior that in retrospect was probably triggered by the concussion.  [/quote]

Did she recover completely?[/quote]

Hard question.  She has seizure disorder and concussion was incurred from a seizure in the driveway where she fell straight back.  I'd say it took a year to get back to normal.  The worst part were the sudden behavior changes--suddenly staying out very late numerous times.  We didn't even have a curfew before that because there wasn't a reason to have one.  Sudden outbursts where next to nothing set her off in completely incomprehensible rage attacks or crying jags.  Nothing in her previous behavior prepared us for this.  Weird things like dying her hair five times in a month and chopping most of it off with scissors.

Unfortunately, concussions are a big, ever present risk with a seizure disorder, particularly where there is not 100 percent compliance with medication or where you are in the process of finding a medication that works.[/quote]

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