Nightmare!

(The helmet Daddy bought me for his new bike! It's too big... So Mommy is making Daddy buy me another one before I can ride the bike!)

Thursday was a Mother's worst nightmare... I was out at Midland College watching my Dad be interviewed in front of an exhibit he had set up featuring the cars involved in my Mom's accident when I got a call from our babysitter. Our babysitter was crying and said something happened to Hannah. I didn't hear Hannah crying and told her to call 911. I hung up and ran to my car and got home in time to meet the EMS. When I ran in Betty had Hannah in her arms, Hannah was completely listless, white, moaning, and her eyes were rolled back in her head. Betty said that she had woken up from her nap and felt warm. She gave her some Tylenol and put her in her highchair for a snack. Hannah started shaking, her eyes rolled back in her head, and she fell over. Her teeth and body all clenched up. I took her temperature at home with the EMS there and it was 102.7, which I don't consider a really high fever. Stuart arrived home right then too and I immediately called our pediatrician. I had the girls pull him out of the room to ask him what I should do. All my training and skills go out the window when its my baby! And, I wasn't sure what had happened at this time either. He had us go to the main campus ER. Hannah and I rode in the (hot) ambulance to the hospital. When we got there a friend of mine who is a Nurse Practitioner student and just had her third baby was our nurse. She was wonderful and took good care of us. Hannah got some Motrin, had labs drawn, got an IV, and we headed down for a CT scan. Dr. N met us down there in CT and said everything looked fine. After reviewing our labs and urine sample, and taking a look at her, he determined that she had a viral infection and had had a simple febrile seizure. We were sent home to observe closely and give Tylenol and Motrin every 3 hours. Today, Sunday, Hannah seems to be doing much better. Friday, she acted fine but was also medicated every 3 hours. Saturday I didn't medicate every 3 hours and she did run a fever up to 102. I medicated before it could get any higher. Today, so far, we haven't seen a fever but I haven't checked it either. She has been down for a nap for a little over an hour and I will check it when she wakes up. What does this mean for us? Well, it means that if Hannah ever spikes a fever, we have to treat it very aggressively. We have to make sure that she cooled off quickly and gets medicine. No more 104-105 fevers like she has run in the past. The seizure is scary but not nearly as scary as that phone call from my babysitter and that drive home not knowing my baby was okay.