I’ve been searching internet to find out anything about strokes in children.

My son just turned eight. Four weeks ago we were out of town in a hotel. He was sleeping with me and I heard him making a strange noise. When I turned on the light he appeared to be having a seizure. His eyes were rolled slightly back to the right, he was gasping for air and making that horrible (what I call death rattle sound), his mouth seemed twisted and he was convulsing. I should point out he has NEVER had a seizure or anything remotely like one before. I feaked out and called 911. The episode lasted about 8-10 minutes. When he came out of it he couldn’t breath well so they gave him oxygen and did a chest x-ray etc.
I took him to our hometown hospital that night and they gave him a CAT scan. This came back pretty normal. I took him to a pediatric neurologist two weeks later when we could finally get an appointment and his EEG came back normal, but his MRI showed he had some bleeding on the left side of his brain ( the doctor said it appeared to be a light stroke which in turn must have triggered the seizure earlier. ) He hasn’t had another seizure since and he doesn’t appear to have been affected by the stroke as far as speech, paralysis etc. The ped. nuerologist has scheduled a MRA for early Dec. and and EKG and heart monitor to check for blood vessal and cardiac problems which could be the cause. Right now he seems fine other than complaining of stomach cramps very frequently and chest pain once in a while /and or difficulty breathing (though he is NOT wheezing) He is extremely pale, doesn’t eat well and has dark circles under his eyes which makes him look sickly. But, physically he is fairly active and seems ok. This is a very scarey time for us and I’m not sure what to think. I would have NEVER dreamed the MRI would have shown a stroke in my eight year old child. But, after reading up on it, I can see it is not as uncommon in childrn as I thought. I’m just worried about what the tests will show now. I should also mention he had mono about 6 weeks ago. I’m not sure if any of this could be a complication from that or not.

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