Scout Camp

Boy was this a scary decision. If Stuart misses even one dose, he can have a seizure. If he doesn't sleep enough, his threshold is lowered. (And we all know how much sleeping goes on at camp!) In the end, we decided to let him go, but told him not to swim in the lake. Two nights before he was to leave, he had another seizure. This one scared him badly because he was aware for the first several seconds. He felt his head turning and his eyes fluttering and couldn't do anything about it. Also, he couldn't see. Then he went unconscious and had convulsions as usual. This one was caused by forgetting his medicine that morning (it was in the evening). Mostly, he has no triggers, and this is one we live in fear of. It's so easy to forget his medicine! Anyway, he did go to camp, remembered his medicine, and was seizure-free that week.