msnbc is giving weird medical reporting Senator Kennedy was conscious but was
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Tue Jan-20-09 03:12 PM
msnbc is giving weird medical reporting Senator Kennedy was conscious but was
having a seizure. Loss of consciousness is part of seizing.
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Tue Jan-20-09 03:12 PMOriginal message
1. No it isn't, not when you suffer from brain tumors
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Tue Jan-20-09 03:13 PMReply #1
2. And not all epiletics lose consciousness when they seize, either.
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Tue Jan-20-09 03:15 PMReply #2
4. My beloved ex has syringomyelia and suffers from them too.
nothing is more frightening than a loved one having a seizure and seeing the fear in their eyes, nothing.
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Tue Jan-20-09 03:17 PMReply #4
5. Oh, watching someone seize is horrific.
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Tue Jan-20-09 03:14 PMOriginal message
3. The seizure was probably over.
I imagine a valium injection was administered to stop the seizure.
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Tue Jan-20-09 03:18 PMReply #3
6. I would doubt that anything was administered until he got to the hospital
had his vitals checked and was seen by a doctor.
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Tue Jan-20-09 03:32 PMReply #6
10. Well, I certainly carried injectable Valium with me
wherever Romeo went with me, which was everywhere.
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Tue Jan-20-09 03:35 PMReply #10
12. Not all seizures are the same. I'm glad you found Valium helpful and let's hope Sen. Kennedy
had something to help him as well, but it's just as likely he did not.
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Tue Jan-20-09 03:35 PMReply #10
I don't recall hearing that Ted had a doctor with him at all times, nor a PA or NP.
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Tue Jan-20-09 04:46 PMReply #13
15. My beloved Golden Retriever.
His neurologist prescribed injectable Valium for me to have with him at all times.
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Tue Jan-20-09 06:42 PMReply #15
16. I am sorry about your dog, but there is no way
a competent MD would have injected Kennedy with Valium without some sort of a workup. It's not like giving someone epinephrine.
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Tue Jan-20-09 03:18 PMOriginal message
loss of consciousness may or may not happen, it depends on the TYPE of seizure. But it can look to onlookers far worse than it actually is.
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Tue Jan-20-09 03:20 PMReply #7
9. The patients that I had that had seizure disorders were most of the time
not even aware they had seized until it was over.
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Tue Jan-20-09 03:34 PMReply #7
A seizure looks terrifying to an onlooker.
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Tue Jan-20-09 03:18 PMOriginal message
8. When I heard that they were quoting Senator Hatch
as saying Senator Kennedy was conscious, appeared to be in pain, but was also able to communicate.
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Tue Jan-20-09 03:46 PMOriginal message
14. KO just reported that Teddy seems to be doing okay.
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