Another trip to ER

When she was still completely out of it in the semi conscious state. 

Last Tuesday morning L and I woke up early then both went back to sleep in my bed. When I woke up a little after 9 she was still asleep.. 

and I noticed she had wet the bed... which isn't normal for her at all. I ran some bath water and came back to the bed to wake her up for a bath.... but she wouldn't wake up. I tried to stand her up but she just kind of hung there limply in my arms. She would open her eyes briefly but wasn't able to really look at me or respond to anything I said. Every time she opened her eyes they were glazed over and rolled to the right. I laid her down at the end of my bed and called my husband upstairs (he was off work all last week for Spring Break.)

L has had several complex febrile seizures in the past but this entire episode was completely different. Typically she has convulsions, passes out completely for awhile, has convulsions again and then wakes up completely.. all within an hour. On Tuesday I didn't witness any convulsions at all. Even though I was asleep her seizures have woken me up in the past so I would be surprised if I slept through them since she was literally laying right next to me. If she did had convulsions on Tuesday I must have slept right through it or either it happened quickly while I was out of the room getting coffee downstairs. In any case she has never been in a semi conscious state after convulsions... at least not that we have been aware of. Because this episode was so different than anything we've witnessed previously I didn't feel comfortable giving her the anti-seizure meds that we've never used before. My husband thought we should drive her to the ER but I wasn't comfortable with that either... just because this episode was different. (Looking back I think giving her the anti-seizure meds and driving her to the ER ourselves would probably have been fine but I totally panic during her seizures ESPECIALLY if it is different in any way from a previous one.) I ended up calling 911 and riding up to the hospital in the ambulance with L. The entire time she never fully woke up, didn't look at me or the EMTs, focus on anything around her or respond to anything we said. She DID say "Ow" a couple times and struggled to pull away when the EMT tried to draw blood in the ambulance and in the ER she said "Mommy, mommy" as an EMT took her off the stretcher and put her in the bed in the ER. Other than that she didn't say anything, acknowledge anything we said or look directly at anyone or anything until 2 o'clock in the afternoon.

She had started waking up and then gone back to sleep.

Around 2 PM her IV of fluids was finishing up and that's when she started waking up completely. I can't believe she was in that semi conscious state for so long! Well.. I call it a semi conscious state.. I'm not sure how the doctors would label it but she definitely wasn't fully awake or aware of what was happening during that time. I asked her later if she remembered riding in the ambulance and she had no memory of it. 

By 2:30 she was awake and alert enough to watch cartoons on my tablet for awhile! 

She was also hungry and wanted my food from Chik-Fil-A! 

Here she is eating a piece of waffle fry. :) 

Ready to go back to sleep after watching the tablet for a little while and eating some food. I was a little tired and emotionally drained myself.



We left to go home not long after this and she went right to sleep after we got home and slept for a few hours. These things wear her out! 



We had a long awaited appointment at Shriners scheduled for Tuesday afternoon which we, obviously, had to miss. My husband was off work all last week and this would have been his first visit to Shriners with L. She is down to only one appointment/hip check-up a year at Shriners now.. which is great! But we found out a few months ago the she still has a small leg length difference that is effecting her back so we were anxious to address that at her appointment. I need to call and reschedule tomorrow for sure! 



The day after her latest seizure/episode L was back to her normal little self. And on Thursday we went up to Asheville for a couple days where she was just fine and had a lot of fun! She still has a cough and congestion though... she's been fighting it off and on since the end of January... so we will be trying to stay home as much as possible the next few weeks especially with the corona virus going around. I was totally not concerned about the Corona virus AT ALL until L went to the ER last week.. then it hit me how easily she gets everything and how long it takes her to get over things. :/ Right after that we started getting notices.. one after another.. about the older kids' schools closing, sports and after school activities being canceled, church services moving to online only and everything else. I'm definitely not panicked about any of it of it but since we're pretty much under house arrest for awhile anyway it's definitely a good time to keep everyone home and let L fully recover from whatever she's been fighting for several weeks now. 

Weekend Wrap-Up, Hurricane Flo & ER Trip

I'm linking up with Mommy Monday Blog Hop and Hello Monday today! 

Our weekend started off pretty relaxing and ended on a crazy note but we're all good now! 

The little girls had fun at sensory story time again last Thursday afternoon.
It was official dot day so they got to paint dots on a sheet of paper before we left. 

I think this pic was Friday evening as the rain from Hurricane Flo started to come in. We spent last week preparing for worst case scenario... buying plenty of water, candles, batteries and snacks. We felt like we were overdoing it (turns out we were) but wanted to be prepared just in case we lost electricity and/or were stuck at home for a few days with flooding or downed trees blocking the roads, etc. Thankfully none of that happened in our area. Saturday we had a steady rain but nothing extreme. Sunday we had some wind and heavier rains but nothing serious. We even left the house Saturday and Sunday with no issues. Areas closer to Charlotte and further south saw more damage and lost electricity. And I can't even imagine what those on the coast went through/are going through. Sadly at least 17 people lost their lives and one child was swept away in flood waters. My heart and prayers go out to those effected by the storm.

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We spent all day Saturday here at home except when J ran out to pick up Chinese food for dinner. After dinner we played a round of Skip-Bo while my husband kept an eye 

on a game on TV ha! 

 Sunday morning I had to get out of the house. I'm glad Starbucks was open! I took "Alex" and "Indie" with me and we stopped by Food Lion for a few things on the way home. 

 Poor "Sol" threw up Friday night and again Saturday afternoon. I think she probably ran a low grade fever too. We wanted to buy her something at Food Lion to cheer her up. They don't carry toys at this store so we spent $3 on gumball machine toys lol! She was thrilled with them though and they kept her occupied for quite a while. :) 

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Sunday evening J picked up KFC for dinner and we noticed "Indie" didn't touch a thing on her

plate which isn't typical for her. She usually eats every bite.. especially something like KFC.. so I wondered if she was coming down with the virus Sol had but she didn't feel feverish or anything.

After dinner the older kids started getting things out to make slime. "Indie" was sitting in a chair next to them at the table when she fell off the chair and landed with a loud thud, hitting her head on the wall near the baseboard. She didn't make a sound and as I scooped her up we realized she was unconscious and having a seizure! We assumed she fell first and the fall caused her to have a seizure and become unconscious so we all raced out the door and headed straight to the ER in the pouring rain. She continued seizing in the car and didn't regain consciousness until I ran into the ER with her. At that point she started coming out of it a bit and started throwing up all over me and everything else. I was so relieved to see her doing something.. even throwing up! 

She attempted to smile in this pic.. sweet baby.

They took her straight back, put a neck brace on her due to her fall and went straight in for a CAT scan. When they took her temp it was 103. At the point they realized she started having the febrile seizure first which caused her to fall. Such a relief! Although it was terrifying it was so much better than if a fall had caused the seizures, vomiting and unconsciousness. We stayed in the ER for about 2-2.5 hours where they did several unpleasant tests on poor Indie but she was a trooper. All her scans, x-rays, urine, blood samples etc came back clear and we were able to go back home around ten yesterday evening. 

Sleeping in the ER

She had two febrile seizures back to back last December. After that scare I thought I was prepared for any future febrile seizures but the combined fall on this one completely threw us off. I thought last Decembers seizures were terrifying but the one last night was even scarier! We're just so thankful she's okay!! She's on anti-nausea meds right now so she can keep Tylenol and Motrin down to keep her temp from going crazy and causing another seizure until the virus runs it's course. It's crazy how different our kids are from each other. "Sol" threw up 2 times... about 18 hours apart and probably ran a low grade fever but came through it easily with no issues. "Indie" catches the same virus and ends up having a seizure and going to the ER before we even realize she's sick! 

She definitely keeps us on our toes! 

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Several nearby schools are closed today but "Alex's" school just opened 2 hours late. Today has been
dry with a lot of sunshine! It's so good to see the sun again! The girls and I have had a pretty lazy day at home. "Mar" finished up all her schoolwork early today and I have the rest of her school work all ready for the rest of the week. I'm still trying to get the hang of this homeschool thing and figure out a good schedule. Working on school work in the morning works best for us but then we have things going on some mornings that have thrown us off a bit. I'm glad we can be flexible with homeschool. Since we'll be out two mornings this week I've combined Wednesday and Thursday
work for her this week.

Our crazy busy week really kicks off tomorrow. I *think* "Indie" has occupational therapy here at home in the morning. I need to double check on that and figure out if she's well enough.
And I need to clean the neighborhood pool house tomorrow morning.. one last time before it's all closed up for the year. So bittersweet. Then "Mar" has her first Girls On The Run tomorrow
afternoon! She's really excited about that! "Alex" has his second Trail Life meeting
tomorrow evening.

Wednesday I'm volunteering in childcare at church again during
women's Bible study... as long as my crew is all better of course. Wednesday afternoon
is dance.

MOPS is Thursday morning with Girls On The Run in the afternoon, picking up
neighbor kids and going to the library for sensory story time.

Friday morning is free, I think, but I may volunteer at the school book fair.
Saturday the guys will go camping and the little girls start soccer! (Weather permitting)
We have a neighborhood sale on Saturday but looks like I won't be able to cram that in.
Sunday I'm volunteering in "Sol's" four-year-old class during service and we have
Life Group that afternoon. I'm tired just thinking of all this ha!