The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day...

Today was very much that.

I know I'm not the only momma out there who's ever had a child 

have a febrile seizure and I know I won't be the last, but
those few minutes of helplessness feel like forever.

Doctors say that there really isn't anything you can do when these seizures occur.
Most importantly she needs to be able to release her body heat,
but other than that my job needs to be to watch the clock.

If three minutes goes by then I should call 911.

SERIOUSLY?!?!

Watch the clock?

Sit and watch the clock for three minutes?!?!

I doubt that's what I'm gonna be doing...

Why?

Because I will be too busy being frantic and hysterical, and not thinking about watching the clock or

what all of the 'studies' say about febrile seizures and how they're not dangerous

or how they won't do her any harm.

All I see is that my baby is not herself and I want to fix that.

Not to get into much detail we had another trip to the hospital

and it is a day I will put in my 'do not repeat' list of days.

This was her second febrile seizure.

And let me tell you it was not any easier than the first.

Apparently after a child has one febrile seizure they have a 30% chance of having a second one.

If they have a second one they have a 50% chance of having a third..

They did all sorts of tests including checking her temperature about a hundred times.

Blood sugar = great.

EKG = great.

Walking = great.

Speech/Cognitive thinking = great.

Fever = great...she just had a dose of Motrin.  It better be great.

Eyes = great.

Ears = great.

Honestly, I can't even think of what else they checked.

She was a champ in the doctors office and at the hospital.

Every doctor/nurse/staff member that saw her said she was the 

best 2 year old they've ever seen come through.

She let them poke, prod, pull, push, and pretty much anything else they needed to do

and she didn't put up a fight.

Staff at Kennestone rocked!

They definitely have found their calling.

Big thank you's go out to them.

Good news is my little lovey bones is back to her chipper self 

She only has a virus and has a lower tolerance to elevated fevers 

which triggered the seizure.

It's as if nothing ever happened to her even though

 these events will be forever engraved in my mind.