What's with Romeo Beckham?

[freakyzebra]

Rushed to hospital with convulsions 2x in last 2 months.

At least once when he was a baby, too.

Just susceptible to high fever or is there something else?

Don't know - but how scary for them. Hope he is Ok

heard on the radio that they thought it might be epilepsy, very scary to watch your little one convulsing I imagine.

if you have febrile convulsions there is a higher risk of developing epilepsy, but it doesn't mean that you will get it..most children grow out of it.

must be very scary for them. hope he is ok. my dd2 and romeo share a birthday, and i know if it was her i'd be very scared.

i read today that his temp hit 107degrees. poor child.

Febrile convulsions. Very hot in Madrid. Of course, if she'd breastfed, he would have been OK.

I thought she had Bfed.

Hmm...I'd have thought that they could afford air conditioning .

Several convusions is very worrying, but I expect they're getting the best care money can buy, and there are some excellent doctors in Madrid

My little girl had a fit whilst we were on holiday in Spain.....at the time it was so horrifying but then afterwards when we found out she had meningitis thats when the true horror set in!! Thankfully she's fine now though!!!!

bubble99 i breastfed ds1 for over 1 year and he had several febrile convulsions - i did not think it was related

I was told at the hospital that febrile convulsions (my DS had two) and epilepsy are in no way connected.

My heart goes out to the Beckhams - I know the fright of seeing your child convulsing. Shook me for many months and even now when he's hot I strip him off and chase him around with the thermometer.

albosmum. I was being norty. Just wanted to throw in a Breast feeding V Bottle feeding spanner to liven things up.

Very childish. Not funny.

I'll get me coat.

Bubble behave yourself, ya bad gal!

apparently now back in UK & he's having tests

Lots of people saying how awful to 'see' it. I can't help wondering if they did. Or was it the nanny. Naughty Flossam I know. They have my sympathies though.

pop bitch blames all the flashbulbs that have gone off in his face!

desp worrying whatever you think about her lifestyle choices - as the parent of a child who has had loads of tests etc I fully sympathise.
my ds had convulsions with quite low grade fevers as an infant (about 9 times) but he had grown out of it by 2.5 and I think Romeo is older than that is he 3 I think?

Poor little mite, hope he's ok.

PS - I don't like VB but any jokes about the Beckhams in relation to their son are poor taste, imo.

I thought the less of PB for that jibe too ThomBat kindness never their forte but they ought to leave small children out of it IMO

Yeah say what you like about V.B. but nothing in funny about a child being poorly.

agreed. dd1 once had a febrile convulsion when she was about 9 months old, temp of 41 degrees....not nice at all. She's been fine ever since though.

DB has said news is 'not that positive' on Romeo - wonder what is up with him, poor little thing.

When it wasn't being catty about the family as a whole Popbitch suggested that the little fellow has epilepsy and it is now proving impossible to keep it out of the press
I hope that at the very least they get a firm dx and as good an outcome as possible.