A child was brought to our ER with active convulsions. His…

A child was brought to our ER with active convulsions. His mother told us he had been having recurrent seizures for the past two days. She had already consulted a local practitioner, but the seizures remained uncontrolled. On examination, he was afebrile. His history was unremarkable: he cried immediately after birth, had no delayed milestones and no previous ICU admissions. The only complaint was recurrent seizures. We started him on lorazepam and phenytoin. The seizures were fin