Question for those w/ knowledge of seizures

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I admit I'm no expert, but the word seems to be Coach Kill's seizure is fairly routine and nothing to worry about.


...so here's my question:


For those of you who suffer seizures, or have friends and family that might, do you usually spend two days in the hospital after a routine seizure?

Honest question. 'Routine' and 'Two to three day hospital stay' don't seem to jive in my mind.
 

My brother-in-law has them on a limited bases and he recovers in a hour or two. Dr. Pat Smith indicated in the Strib this morning that the return date for Kill as yet to be determinded. So the previously posted Wed. is up in the air.
 

tato2001 said:
I admit I'm no expert, but the word seems to be Coach Kill's seizure is fairly routine and nothing to worry about.


...so here's my question:


For those of you who suffer seizures, or have friends and family that might, do you usually spend two days in the hospital after a routine seizure?

Honest question. 'Routine' and 'Two to three day hospital stay' don't seem to jive in my mind.
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My brother has them on occasion. He's on a few different meds for them. So when he has an episode (much like Coach this Sat), he does go in the hospital if they are as violent as Coach's was. Last time he went to the hospital for seizures, he was in for at least a week.

The type of seizure is the kicker though.. When my brother was younger, he would have smaller episodes of seizures that would last a few seconds and they were typically no big deal.

The kind of seizure I'm sure and what may have triggered it, makes a huge difference on if medical attention is needed and for how long.
 

I too know little about seizures and would like to know more. They said they were running tests though and with his cancer history I imagine they are looking into this and might want to wait until they receive those results. This is all a guess though.
 

^thx. that's helpful. So it can be 'routine' but 'big', which would be consistent with what Coach Kill experienced.
 


tato2001 said:
^thx. that's helpful. So it can be 'routine' but 'big', which would be consistent with what Coach Kill experienced.
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Absolutely. Routine may be the wrong word for it because it sounds like they occur within a certain time frame (once a week, etc). On occasion is a better way of putting it. Also keep in mind that the assistant coaches need to have the mentality of "it's just a seizure" because THEY are the ones that need to calm down the players who obviously don't have any experience in dealing with such an issue.

And I'm certain they are and/or have done testing to see what may have caused it so they can be better prepared in preventing the next one, or at least be as prepared as possible when it hits.

While seizures are scary and can do some damage (falling down, thrashing around causing a bumps and bruises or pulling muscles/ligaments, etc), they are almost always less serious than they look.
 

Nothing more than speculation here, of course, but perhaps the hospital stay is for a couple of reasons: 1. he quite possibly was seriously dehydrated and quite overheated and they probably want to monitor that for longer than a few hours 2. it probably is best that he takes a couple of days away from the team just to keep the stress down a bit.
 

^seems reasonable. We all know they don't mess around with potential heat stroke any more.
 

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