Hi,
I live in England and have a 2 year old son ( 3 in september ). i have been told that he was starved of oxygen at birth and is Epileptic and the neurologist has written on his report hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy. what does this mean in plain English. i have read that this is another term for cerebal palsy, am i guessing right ? and should i be concerned about his head circumference as when he was born it was on the 50th centile and now it is on the 0.4 centile. Jamie has significant
feeding problems, smell / taste of food triggers his epilepsy and he will not take any as he clamps lips, turns his head and pushes you away. we struggle to feed him his medicine milk fortini which he was prescribed by a dietician. Jamies epilepsy consists of eye rolling, head jerk and drop attacks... also blanks / trances and eyes glaze over. Initially they thought it was Lennox Gastaut Syndrome but the neurologist is still studying his EEG traces and states that he has a very challenging epilepsy. Another question i would like to ask is that i was surprised when he had an MRI scan it came back clear... again the neurologist is going to study the results. Jamie is also developmentally delayed of a child approx 1 to 1 1/2 years old... no speech yet.