Febrile Seizure Research Paper

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Do you know what causes seizure’s? Some are hereditary, some are caused through serious head injury’s causing Epilepsy. Others are caused through fever’s, Fever’s that strike up to 102.2 degrees causing your body to have convulsions. I was 13 year’s old and my brother had his 1st febrile seizure. He was no more than 8 months old. This was honestly the scariest day of my life.
My brother Xavier and I are 13 years apart. I know it’s a big age difference, it was a whole new beginning for my mother and me. It had just been us two for a very long time. Although he bought a lot joy and love to our hearts, I couldn’t help but feel a little jealous and I expressed this feeling and many ways as I rebelled as a young adolescent. I just felt
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She and I are a year apart and although there wasn’t much she could do she always managed to keep up. My mother was getting my brother ready so we can take him to my grandmothers to be watched. “Xavier looks like he’s getting sick” said my mom. My 13-year-old brat self-rolled my eyes and replied “No movies then? you promised” My mother knew I’d be upset but she also didn’t want to go back on her word. So, she bundled baby up and went to my grandmothers. It started to get dark outside, We had arrived at my grandmother’s house and my mom took my brother inside Ashley was pushing herself down the ramp I went to go help her into the car, As I went to lift her up, My grandmother comes out the house screaming, “ Jessenia, Se murio el Niño” She was saying my brother died , My heart had sank to the pit of my stomach and I dropped Ashley and ran inside my mother had my brother in a tight grip, she was hysterical, she wouldn’t let go. I couldn’t even imagine was she was feeling at that moment. I didn’t have time to think I only had time to react I took my brother out of my mother’s hands and I called 911 I spoke as comely as I could. “This is 911 what’s your emergency”, “My brother isn’t responding he’s foaming out the mouth, I don’t know what to do I live at 1706 eat …show more content…
His body was boiling hot and stiff my heart was racing at 1000 and his eyes were rolled to the back of his head and his

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