What Lay May Sey...

HAPPY( UM, WELL) HAPPY FIFTH OF JULY! We are celebrating it the fifth anyway.

On the 3rd Sey developed a fever of 102.2 at 10 pm, and I gave her Tylenol. She did not really have any obvious signs of sickness other than being hot. I, of course, was worrying about a possible seizure. Sey was singing Cebu and running around like a wild woman. By 11:10 her fever was up to 102.7. That kind of worried me, but by 11:50 it started to come down and was 101. At 2:20am her temp was 99.7, and I gave her Ibu. At 6 am her temp was 100, and I gave her Tylenol. I called the doctor on call, and he told me to continue to alternate the Tylenol and ibu and not worry about taking her in to the ER since she was drinking and eating fine. At 10am her temp was 100. 9 so I gave her some more ibu. She ate all of her cream of wheat and applesauce for breakfast and drank a ton. She played around and was kind of mellow. She sat on me for awhile just resting and reading a book. I figured she needed to go to bed so I quickly took the above picture and undressed her and put her in bed. I went to the kitchen and ate a cookie and drank a glass of milk, and then I went back to her room to lay on the spare bed with her because I was exhausted too. Well, I found Sey lying on her left side where I had put her, but she was having a seizure. Her eyes were fixed to the left. She would not respond. She drooled. Her arms and legs were clinched up. It was 12:28pm. I am embarrassed to say, but I had to go to the bathroom really bad. Well, I scooped her up, ran to the bathroom, did my business holding a seizing baby because I did not want her out of my sight, and then ran with her to my bedroom where I laid her down. At 12:41 she was still seizing even though it sounded like she was crying, and I finally decided to give her her rescue med called Diastat. By 12:46 her seizure stopped. She focused on me, and when I asked her to say "Moogie"-- she really tried but couldn't quite get it out. She then started to cry her normal cry. That seizure was over 18 minutes long! I decided to go ahead and take her to the ER because she is definitely sick for some reason. Mason met me there. Well, she has a UTI. I am so thankful that this time we were able to see that the fever was a trigger for this seizure. Sey is now on an antibiotic. On Monday I will call her neuro doc to see what he has to say about it. She is still on the phenobarbital every night, but it did not prevent the seizure. Weird. I am so thankful to God that Sey is Ok. She went to bed tonight around 10pm. I need to go in and give her some Tylenol pretty soon. This is the 4th seizure she has had. Please pray with me that she does not have any more. It is still stressful even though I know what to expect now.