D and I took a couple days off together with E in the pediatric care unit in New Brunswick. Where else would you go on an over-nighter with a nearly-two-year old? It's too bad those kinds of visits always start out with such stressful conditions.
{Our lovely accomodations and the amenities of the room}
The official diagnosis is
febrile seizures--they are relatively harmless and might recur until he's around six. We are thankful for so many things: for a healthy boy with only a temporary short circuit, for good friends who took our other sick kids at a moment's notice, for Priesthood blessings that were given in the exact moment of need, for good health care professionals, for insurance, for a new acquaintance who
two weeks ago described to me in detail her daughter's febrile seizures before knowing that I'd need to know this. It all worked out well--Heavenly Father is in charge.
D and I took a couple days off together with E in the pediatric care unit in New Brunswick. Where else would you go on an over-nighter with a nearly-two-year old? It's too bad those kinds of visits always start out with such stressful conditions.
{Our lovely accomodations and the amenities of the room}
{The treatment}
It all started when E had a seizure on Saturday at about noon--it lasted for about two minutes and left him completely unable to respond to us for a half hour afterwards. We spent half the day in the ER here in our local hospital before being transferred to the larger pediatric facility for twenty-four hour observation and rehydration. (I don't know if that's what you really call a treatment for dehydration, but that's what they were doing.) Though we were treated well while we were there, we were happy to be released last night. More than anything, we're happy to see his smile again.
The official diagnosis is febrile seizures--they are relatively harmless and might recur until he's around six. We are thankful for so many things: for a healthy boy with only a temporary short circuit, for good friends who took our other sick kids at a moment's notice, for Priesthood blessings that were given in the exact moment of need, for good health care professionals, for insurance, for a new acquaintance who two weeks ago described to me in detail her daughter's febrile seizures before knowing that I'd need to know this. It all worked out well--Heavenly Father is in charge.
23 comments:
Oh my, Liz! How SCARY! But, how wonderful that the little man is ok and you know what is going on. I will be praying for him (and for you!) That picture of the him smiling is just priceless (and certainly a welcomed response for his parents!)
Love the title of your post. What a clam, sweet, and grateful response to what surely was not calm and sweet all of the time. "Interesting" new friend you have there....love that.
It's so good to know that all is well. It does sound like a scary way to spend the weekend, but I love how we see God's hand working in our lives when things like this happen. You are so blessed by good friends, smart doctors, and priesthood blessings.
So glad things worked out as well as they did.
As always, Liz, you amaze me. I love how you can put together all of the blessings that made this trial less of a trial than it may have been otherwise. I'm so happy E is okay :)
I am grateful everything worked out well at the end. Thanks for the example of looking for the good in stressful moments.
He is such a sweet heart!
So glad he's ok, D&L! Good job having an awesome attitude about it. Amazing that you were given the information you needed before you knew that you even needed it. Hooray for Heavenly Father's hands in our lives.
oh liz, so glad everything is ok, my niece had the same thing last summer, but scary all the same!!!
I'm glad he's got his smile back! What fun pictures-now I can envision your fancy accomodations! Heavenly Father was certainly watching out for you family that day!
oh elizabeth this must have been SOO scary! I am glad you got things figured out! but man, terrible!! thinking of you and so happy to see that amazing smile as well :)!
duh. i have no idea why i was acting so surprised about the cribs. that's exactly what jake was in for 6 months. glad you're home to his own crib!
I'm glad he is doing better. My cousin Jenny had a similar experience with her little boy. I'm glad things are better. Our prayers are with you.
I am crying tears of gratitude. Heavenly Father truly does know and care for each and everyone of us. He places angels in our midst. If we only were more aware.
Liz, that made my heart stop. I'm so glad he's okay. What a scary experience for all of you. I'm glad you can see the blessings in it. You're amazing.
Lizz...I didn't know! sorry I'm behind the times. I'm sorry for your scare but so grateful things are going well and safe. Always feel bad cus the little one's don't understand. Much to be grateful for for sure :) We are so blessed in America to have health care at our fingertips
Wow, hang in there!!! You are doing everything right and with a great attitude to boot. I am so glad he is okay!
Liz what a frightening experience. I am so glad to hear that all is well and that you are all on the mend. Your calm and poise always amaze me.
wow. what an experience--a scary experience. so glad to know that everything is turning out okay and that they were able to diagnose the cause. i love that sweet smile at the end---and hope your next few days are full of smiles.
My little sis had some relatively innocuous seizures when she was young (but not that young). I just emailed my mom to ask her if that's what Rachel (my sister) had. I'm glad you survived that very scary initial uncertainty and I can see why you were glad to get his smile back-- its a magical one.
Oh my goodness...I am glad everything is okay. How scary!!
So glad to hear that everything is okay. What a scary experience to go through. Happy that all is well. Little E is an absolute doll.
Oh Liz. I can't imagine how scary that must have been. I am so thankful that you are all OK.
I'm sorry to hear this, but I'm glad it's mostly nothing and hope this doesn't occur again for the little guy and the parents' sake. love you.
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