I am going to tell the whole story, just so you get all the details. However for those that cant wait until the end I will give the outcome now and then tell the rest. Friday night our little Princess had a Febrile Seizure.
Now from the beginning.... I had taken the kids to McDonalds to play after we had spent the day in the house cleaning and packing. While we were at McD's I notice princess had a low grade fever, but I just figured it was due to her teething, plus I didnt have any Tylenol with me anyway. So we drive home, I unload the kids and we go into the house. Meanwhile Daddy had just gotten home and was talking on his phone in the car, a common practice as sometimes the house can be pretty loud. I was turning on the outside lights to let Stanley outside and all the sudden princess was on the floor and let out a little cry. I had thought she had fallen, as she does alot now because she is still learning. I picked her up her legs twitches a little and her head and eyes both went to the side and she closed her eyes. So I gently jiggled her and called her name, she opened her eyes and looked at me and then laid her head on my shoulder. So I run outside to Daddy and get him off the phone. We called our doctor and he said to take her into the ER as she might have hit her head on the floor. (At this point I still had thought she had fallen.) So we rush everyone into the car, call some good friends to take the boys to and then we were off to the hospital.
At the hospital they took her temperature, blood pressure and monitored her heart rate. Her temp was 102.3 at that time. Higher then what I thought it was. Then the doctor came in and checked her ears, they were both infected. So they gave her a shot of antibiotics, a tylenol suppository and then did a CT scan. The scan came back negative so they gave us a prescription for Augmentan and told us to give her Tylenol and/or motrin around the clock. They said between the ear infections and the high temperature is why she seized. However once they have a seizure it is likely they will have another.
So we are just watching her very closely for the next few days and going to see her doctor on the 16th. Jeepers things can go from great to grim in a matter of seconds!!
Her fever finally broke last night and she is coming back around to her normal self.
Daddy and I were both a little nervous when all of this happened, we are relieved to know she is ok.
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Stephen had seizures too. I am sure Jennie can relate. It was a scary time when he went to the hospital as well.
Oh honey, I'm so sorry! I'm glad that she's doing a bit better, but I can't imagine how scary that must have been!
So glad she is okay. It sounds like you handled it great. I hope the ears get better quickly. Kids sure do keep us on our toes!
Wow, I'm sorry to hear about the lil princess... glad she is doing better. Febrile seizures are actually more common that most people realize. Supposedly, 1 in every 15 babies will have one during the 1st month to the 24th month of life. At least thats what they teach us. Take care girly! Love you and glad all is back to normal!!
Darcy,
That is so scary. Andrew had 4 in one day. Not from fever though. It is the scariest thing. I am glad that she is doing okay. Hopefully she doesn't have any others.
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