Re: recognizing or denying developmental issues? (Jett Travolta)
boredom, may your daughter be blessed with angels watching over her...and protect her protectors - her parents! from harm.
As this tragedy unfolds, it seems that the young Travolta suffered from severe grand mal seizures, they had him on Depakote for a few years. The seizures went from 3 or 4 a week to about once every 2 or 3 months. After a few years tho, it didnt work as well so his parents decided to stop anit-seizure medication. Completely. They did not try different dosage, did not try different meds. They just stopped about a year before the fatal mishap. This is possibly due to the religious values and doctrines of Christian Science...they do not accept anything at all in the realm of psychiatric or psychological problems or medications. Those issues are considered to be "personal weakness" which can be overcome by "trying harder". Anti-seizure meds are within the realm of psychiatrically prescribed meds so they dont like that at all. And to even suggest that the kid may have been autistic they find to be a personal affront. Those seizures are relatively common in some autistic children...yet they are not allowed to acknowledge autism as a diagnosis nor to treat it.
According to autopsy, the boy did not evidence fatal or even severe trauma to the head. He may have fallen and hit his head but any injury was too small to have caused any issue. Cause of death was "seizure".
Boredom I'm sure you have your daughters interests at heart and are treating her seizures with prescribed meds yeah? The Travolta boy had grand-mal seizures about once a week without any medication for a year. So I dont think you need to worry (more than you already do :) )