Yeah, I'd agree if we were talking about falling on the floor and shaking seizures - but we're not. If Kyron actually was exhibiting these symptoms, they could have a dozen explanations - anything from simply being off in a fantasy world of imagination and not paying attention to actual seizures - or anything in between. Shoot, I act that way myself most of the time simply because my mind is elsewhere and I'm easily distracted.
I think if you grab a child and run him off to the emergency room with nothing more concrete than "he wasn't paying attention to me" or "he seemed distracted" and the child himself says that he feels fine, they're probably going to laugh you out of the building.
I should have read further before posting!
I think what TH was describing is more than a kid not paying attention. She uses it herself to suggest something was wrong with Kyron and that a doctor thought it important enough to set up an appointment. I think such symptoms would be very frightening to a parent and a doctor. She would not be rushing to the ER saying that Kyron was not paying attention. She would be describing staring, walking aimlessly and that this behavior is new. I would think the ER would immediately test for signs of neurological impairment rather than laughing the mother out of the room.
My pedicurist told me how her grandson went to the doctor's with certain symptoms (I think tiredness and something odd with his legs) and was told to go immediately to the ER. There, the child underwent tests that lasted all day. At the end of the day, the diagnosis was cancer. The little boy was hooked up to chemo that night. He survived after two years of treatment but the fact is, I don't think doctors screw around when it comes to kids. My pedicurist was told that the cancer was fast acting and they could not afford to wait.
What if Kyron had a tumor that was growing rapidly and could have killed him quickly? What if he had a concussion and could have died in his sleep without treatment? What if it was something like spinal meningitis or something else as dangerous? Something is fishy with this to me.