MY 3 YEAR OLD GRANDAUGHTER'S LEFT SIDE OF HER FACE SUDDENLY BECAME PARALIZED. SHE WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL BY HER PEDITRICIAN THINKING IT WAS BELLS PALSY. AFTER A CAT SCAN AND 2 DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL, BELLS PALSY WAS RULED OUT AND WE GOT NOT EXPLANATION TO WHY OR WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO HER. THE DOCTOR SUGGESTED THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A TRAUMA TO THE NERVE ON THAT SIDE OF HER FACE, BUT THERE IS ONLY A VERY FAINT SMALL BRUISE THERE. IT SEEMS TO US IF THE TRAUMA WAS SEVERE ENOUGH TO CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE NERVE, THERE WOULD BE A MORE VISIBLE BRUISE. IF THIS IS INDEED BELLS PALSY OR IF THE NERVE IN HER FACE HAS BEEN DAMAGED IN SOME WAY, WILL THE PARALASIS EVENTUALLY GO AWAY? SHOULD WE TAKE HER TO A SPECIALIST AND IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT WE MAY NEVER KNOW THE CAUSE OF THIS?

THANK YOU,
PHYLLIS