It has been an intersting week to say the least. It all started when Addy was running a slight fever last Wednesday. No big deal right? She was getting new teeth and had a slight cold (for the second time in two weeks) so it seemed normal to have a sligth fever. She was still eating well and playing. Then Wednesday afternoon she seemed a bit tired so I put her in her bouncy chair heard a strange noice and turned to see Addy having a seizure. I FREAKED out. She would not respond and her lips were starting to turn purple. I waited for the shaking to stop, grabbed both girls threw them in the car. In the mean time I called Matt and ordered him to come home. By the time both girls were in the car he was home. We went straight to the ER. On out way there Addy fell asleep and I could not wake her. By the time we got to the ER she woke up. They got us right in and ran a TON of tests. Both girls were so brave! Three hours later they could not find a problem but gave her a antibiotic shot until all tests were back We went home Addy seemes totally normal. I was up all night switching from Tylenol and Advil every three hours (per doctors orders) just so the fever would not return. The next day we went to the doctor again but the test results were not back yet. All seemed normal so we stopped the fever meds. Saturday we got a call from the doc to find that the only thing wrong was that her white cell count was high and therefore he concluded that she had Febrile Seizures. Come to find out that 1 in every 25 children get these. They grow out of them by the time they are 5 and you never know when they come. They cause no harm but could mean infection. What now? We are very cautious when she gets a fever and give her fever reducers right away and of she has a seizure again back to the ER. It was sooooo scary! And I hope she never has one again. Today she is doing great! I pray for no more sick children for awhile.
On a happier note we had a great weekend. Addy and Claire spent Saturday with Matts parents (Mimi and Papa) and had a great time. They were so tired when they got home.
Sunday we went to a childrens book fair with some friends. There were story times, train rides, face painting and more. It was really cute.
Hope you have a great week! 
1 comments:
sarah that is the scariest story ever. so she might have another seizure but they should all stop around age 5? we will pray for your family and for sweet tiny addy that she'll always be healthy. i'm glad matt made it home so fast on wednesday.
sounds like a fun weekend with grandparents and friends. the lady in the pic with claire looks like diane keaten - the mom in father of the bride.
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