I'm not an M.D., but I'll tell you what I know.
In article <D4ByIo.5By at murdoch.acc.virginia.edu> you write:
>Our 18 month old daughter had a febrile seizure last Tuesday. She had
>had a low-grade fever all morning, had napped well, and was playing
>quietly during the mid-afternoon. I took her out to a bookstore and when
>we returned home the seizure occurred. I called her doctor immediately,
>then 911. To make a long story shorter, the seizure lasted all the way
>into the emergency room where they adminstered dilantin. That night she
>had a CAT-scan (OK), a spinal tap (clear and OK), and the next day an
>EEG. "Seizure disorder" (epilepsy?) was ruled out because they "saw no
>spikes" on the EEG. It was declared an atypical febrile convulsion
>because (1) it lasted so long and was stopped only with medication; (2)
>it was focalized -- mostly in her left arm.
>>The next day she was released from the hospital although she was very
>sluggish and woozy, not walking well,
