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---------- Lena wrote:> > My mom is now in a nursing some after suffering a stroke and at > least one additional seizure. The day after she was admitted, I went to > visit her. She was fine during dinner, then started getting rigid thru her > torso, screaming and leg shakes. This activity would happen every few > minutes, duration one minute, then finally stop after about an hour. I held > her hand thru most of it. When she had a particuarly bad one, her hand was > in a severe clench and she would grab her head after as if she was in pain. > I am going to talk to the doctor's at the NH next week, but I was wondering > if anyone has seen anything like this. Sounds like seizure activity. Make sure the staff tells you how often these episodes are occuring. Is she on any anti-seizure medication? ------- Mary Ann