Boy, oh boy.
Joshua had another febrile seizure last night. I can't tell you how glad I was that Jay made it home yesterday afternoon (he'd been gone since Sunday morning on a call-out)! We freaked out a little and called 911, but decided to self-transport him to the hospital once they had him stablized. Took him to the ER and waited... and waited... and waited. We finally asked how much longer it might be and they couldn't tell us. There was 1 other more critical patient to be seen before us, but no one knew when a bed might open up. We decided that if Joshua's condition wasn't critical enough to be seen after 3 hours, that it could probably wait until morning and the discharging nurse agreed (and apologized). Jay got to sign 2 AMA forms... how exciting! LOL
So I took Josh in to see our regular doc this morning. He was fine... no fever, no signs of infection, nada. The fever was probably caused by something viral and I was given instructions to keep an eye on him and give Tylenol or Advil as needed. I'm relieved that he's ok, but a little stressed because it could (and probably will) happen again. He should grow out of them by the time he's 5. Only 1,572 days to go!
That's just a site that no parent should ever have to see - your baby laying lifeless on the floor, losing his color and there's not a darn thing you can do to stop it. I'm really trying to look at the positive side of things. I'm thankful that this seizure was shorter than the last. I'm thankful that he didn't need any rescue breaths and that he started breathing again on his own. I'm thankful that he's a happy, healthy boy today. It could've been a whole lot worse.
Joshua had another febrile seizure last night. I can't tell you how glad I was that Jay made it home yesterday afternoon (he'd been gone since Sunday morning on a call-out)! We freaked out a little and called 911, but decided to self-transport him to the hospital once they had him stablized. Took him to the ER and waited... and waited... and waited. We finally asked how much longer it might be and they couldn't tell us. There was 1 other more critical patient to be seen before us, but no one knew when a bed might open up. We decided that if Joshua's condition wasn't critical enough to be seen after 3 hours, that it could probably wait until morning and the discharging nurse agreed (and apologized). Jay got to sign 2 AMA forms... how exciting! LOL
So I took Josh in to see our regular doc this morning. He was fine... no fever, no signs of infection, nada. The fever was probably caused by something viral and I was given instructions to keep an eye on him and give Tylenol or Advil as needed. I'm relieved that he's ok, but a little stressed because it could (and probably will) happen again. He should grow out of them by the time he's 5. Only 1,572 days to go!
That's just a site that no parent should ever have to see - your baby laying lifeless on the floor, losing his color and there's not a darn thing you can do to stop it. I'm really trying to look at the positive side of things. I'm thankful that this seizure was shorter than the last. I'm thankful that he didn't need any rescue breaths and that he started breathing again on his own. I'm thankful that he's a happy, healthy boy today. It could've been a whole lot worse.
posted by aimee at 7:47 PM
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