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As a parent, I feel for this fellow parent. About 10 days ago, my 3 year old son developed Bell's palsy in a period of 24 hours. This means the right side of h
by Maro 4y ago
As a parent, I feel for this fellow parent.
About 10 days ago, my 3 year old son developed Bell's palsy in a period of 24 hours. This means the right side of his face became paralyzed, for no good/known reason. Most cases of Bell's palsy, esp. with toddlers, go away within about a month.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell%27s_palsy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell%27s_palsy
I'm taking videos of his face every day to track progress, to see whether it's recovering. Also, I'm sharing some of the videos on a Messenger chat with other concerned family members. Obviously, since this is his face, I'm not in danger of violating any TOS on this. I have Google Photos auto-upload turned on.
But, knowing how stressed I was when this started, I was definitely not thinking about Google's (or Facebook's) TOS when I was making the videos, so if it had been some other condition where the affected area was the groin, like in the article, I'm pretty sure I would not have realized I'm risking my entire online presence.
Some good news to close: my son's face is showing good movement after ~10 days, so I think he'll recover within a month.
- mikro2nd 4y agoIf you're so stressed about it, why don't you turn off auto-upload? Why don't you use something other than Google Photos? If you have a genuine requirement for photo sharing -- to share your shild's photos with their doctor, say -- there are plenty of other ways to do that. It's not like you're some captive hostage to Google here. eta: I do wish your child wellness and a speedy recovery! eta2: To the downvoters: Go for it - I can afford the decrementing of a number in someone else's computer. But. This was not an attack on the parent. Answer the damn questions!
- Maro 4y agoI wasn't stressed about the auto-upload. I was stressed because half my baby's face went paralyzed. The fact that the pics/videos get auto-uploaded and Google scans them didn't occur to me until I read the OP.
- lostlogin 4y agoVideos and photos of kids faces must be a meaningful percentage of all images taken on phones, surely?
- tailspin2019 4y agoHope your son makes a speedy recovery!
- dannyr 4y agoIs there bruising on your son's face? Maybe not now but Google/Apple will scan your photos for potential child abuse.
- absolutelynobo 4y agoUhm, I’m not a doctor, but kids don’t generally just get Bell’s Palsy for absolutely no reason. Since it’s summertime, I’m going to go out on a limb and guess you’re in the eastern US. Get your kid tested for Borrelia burgdorferi. If you catch it early, there will be a lower likelihood of ill effects. I spotted Lyme in myself around age 12 thanks to Wikipedia’s article on Bell’s and confirmed the infection the same week via blood test. Next to nobody clears it on their own.
- Maro 4y agoEurope. Blood test happened already, nothing found.
- ThePowerOfFuet 4y agoDid they test for that agent specifically? It's not part of a standard test panel.