Have you had any major or minor health scares with your children?

When I was pregnant and my son was almost two years old he had a seizure. I was home alone while my husband was at work and I noticed that my son was breathing weirdly in his playpen and so I went to go check on him and pick him up and when I picked him up his eyes rolled back into his head and it scared the living crap out of me....I tried to get him to "wake" up but he didn't and he felt so stiff. I called 911 immediately and it turned out that even though there was no signs of being sick he had a fever that spiked from normal to 110 degrees within a matter of minutes and it caused him to seizure, there was no sign of sickness before and there is no real reason for why this happened but it was one of the scariest things I have ever dealt with, I remember screaming so loud and being so scared that I was going to lose him. He had to spend three days in the hospital with an IV and has been fine every since and nothing like that has happened again but I also make sure to watch them both very closely whenever they get sick or even a small fever...

Both my kids are healthy and I'm thankful. Our daughter was born with a small hole in her heart and we were really scared but it healed itself and you would never have known. I hope things are going to be okay with you. Please keep us updated.

my son was born with a double urinary tract, it caused urine to go back up into the kidney and so it was always a problem and he would always have infections and and he has one kidney that functions but never grew. It was pretty scary stuff.

Sorry to hear about your son being in surgery Ladym; I hope he is ok. I have 3 children (all grown up now), but my first was born with spina bifida and we were told she wouldn't survive. After the initial shock, we researched the condition, and were determined to do everything we could for her. We got her through her first year and she had back surgery when she was a year old. After the surgery, we were told that she would never walk, be incontinent, never have children and may have learning difficulties. She proved the doctors wrong in all of their predictions, and grew up normally, in spite of having numerous back surgeries throughout her life. She is almost 33 now and has had two beautiful children; however, she will have ongoing problems for the rest of her life. We call her our "little battler"! I hope your son comes through the surgery ok ladym - you will both be in my prayers.

I hope that your son's surgery goes well and that he recovers quickly When my eldest son was about 9 months old he was diagnosed with a heart murmur but they decided not to do anything about it as it was slight. He is now a very healthy and happy 18 year old. My third son who will be 9 next week was rushed back into hospital at just 2 days old he started breathing funny when the midwife was visiting and she insisted that when took him in. It turned out that he had some sort of infection and had to spend the next week in hospital. So ended up spending his first Christmas in hospital which as you can imagine was one of my worst Christmas ever. My other three children have got into the usual scrapes but thankfully nothing major. My daughter broke her hand, my other son has fractured his fingers and chipped his elbow. My youngest son crushed his thumb when he got it shut in a door. My thoughts and best wishes are with your son.

We've been very lucky. We haven't really had to deal with any major or minor health scares with our children. Thank goodness! I did have to deal with a major health scare from my husband. It was the hardest thing I've ever been through. I pray every day that nothing like that ever happens again.

I am sorry to hear your son is having surgery.I have been through that with my son when he was seven months old he got a twisted bowel and had his appendix out at the same time.It was very frighening but he recovered very quickly kids are amazing.He has never had any other problems before or since thank goodness,the doctors and nurses were marvellous.Please don't worry it is not very nice but he will be ok.What surgery is he having done?

The biggest scare we had was when we found out our oldest had sleep apnea. She is now thirteen and has been diagnosed for about seven years. She had her tonsils and adnoids removed. That was scary as a parent to sit through. Our daughter is still on a CPAP machine and seems to be doing well, but we will always worry. Good luck with your son. I'm sure he'll do just fine.