Scary Night

We love our Breah and don't like to have to imagine life without her. We had quite a scare last night when we found her having a seizure in her sleep. Having never witnessed a seizure and lacking the knowledge of what to do in such a situation we were scared to death. I thought we were going to lose her. She got to have her second ride in an ambulance and spend a couple hours in the hospital being pricked and prodded and all sorts of unpleasantness. I guess it's common for kids to have "febrile seizures" (caused by the rapid increase or decrease in temp) but I hope I never have to experience one again, I've seen one too many already. Having said that, it's fairly likely that we will see more of these until she outgrows this tendency, but at least now we can approach it with a little knowledge and hopefully keep a level head about us.

And for all you parents out there, did you know it's actually ok (and recomended) that you give tylenol and ibuprofin simultaneously? When you first notice a fever, give Tylenol (it works better at reducing fever) and if it hasn't improved within an hour you can then give ibuprofin, then continue to give tylenol every 4 hours and Ibuprofin every 6-8 hours. If only I had known that yesterday!

Breah is doing much better today. She still doesn't feel well but has as least been playing and eating a little bit here and there so I know she's on the mend--even in her weakened state it took 3 of us to hold her down while they drew her blood. Thankfully, I don't think she has a whole lot of recolection of the whole ordeal, except when she saw the Ty beanie baby they tried to cheer her up with. She couldn't get that thing far enough away. Now she is napping, and so must I