sick son please help

[mnerton]

Hello my name is Megan, I am a mother of two.My oldest is my daughter who is 4 now. She was born perfectly healthy and still is. Then were is my youngest which is my son who is now 2. He is the one who brings myself and my husband to webMD. Our son was born born perfectly healthy and was healthy up till right after his first birthday. One week after his first birthday there was one morning that he didn't wake up. I went in there to get him up and found out that he wouldn't and couldn't wake up and know long could talk ,walk ,crawl ,stand or even sit up on his own. He was very cold, his body temp was only 93degrees F,but on the other hand he was sweaty and clammy. To add to all of this he also was non responsive and very postdoctoral. He was hospitalized for two days as they ran very test they could ,as every test came back they all were normal. All of the sudden he woke up and was fine,normal. So they sent us home. Seven months went by, then it all happened again he didn't wake up same thing hospitalized they ran test all test normal went home again.Now it had only been 3 1/2 months and it all happens for the third time in less then a year. Hospitalized again for two days as they run every test they can think of , they took 15 tubs of blood out of my little guy. Now they are telling me that they still cant find anything, all the test are coming back normal. So I am here asking and begging for some help, PLEASE if you have anything please let me know and help me find out whats going on with my little man. Thank you all and god bless you. Megan

[melsonbymum3]

sorry to hear bout your little boy, but i would not let this lie and would ask for a secons opinion from another hospital, the reason i say this is because my liitle boy at 6 weeks old wasnt right i took him to the doctors sometimes twice a week , cold sweaty, clammy etc they said he was ok and i was paranoid ( i am a nursery nurse and mother of 2 others... so i disagreed) by the time he was 6 months he was quite chubby and turning orange!! they said he was to old for jaundice.. still no tests, then at 7 months he was cold unresponsive, sweaty, clammy... took him to different hospital, he has pneumonia had x- ray said something strange on heart, rushed to heart hospital found out his heart was enlarged said cardiomyopothy, cut long story short, put on lots of meds on transplant list then by some miracle found out all the probs were a narrowing in his aorta but quite a way down his side, 2 ops later and 1 year later he is fit and healthy, so please take this further and ask for scans hope this helps tc x

[Marie M Gleason, M.D.]

Dear mnerton:  it sounds like you have had a very difficult year with your son.  unfortunately you are not supplying any information regarding specific testing for your child, therefore one cannot make any specific comments. The list on the differential diagnosis of loss of consciousness in a 2 year old is long.  certainly it would include an intensive cardiac evaluation, including electrocardiogram (EKG) to evaluate any electrical conduction problems, an echocardiogram to rule out structural heart disease, and holter monitoring to rule out any arrhythmias. The family history is also very important and you do not provide any information in that regard.  But there are neurologic, endocrine and gastrointestinal things that might also be an issue.  If you have had a thorough discussion with your primary doctor about the testing that has already been done for your son, and if your child has seen a specialist(s), and you still have unanswered questions, then gathering the data and getting a second opinion is another option.