Posts Tagged ‘Febrile seizure’
Worst Dream Ever
Okay, maybe it wasn’t. Maybe it was just because we don’t have a memory foam mattress. I don’t know, but this dream definitely ranks in the top ten for bad.
Now, I’ve had your run of the mill bad dreams before. Everybody has those. I do not even normally remember those. It is the dreams that cut to the core that freak you out — it is the dreams about your kids. I have dreamed I have had a miscarriage (while I was pregnant and since I had one before that it was a little freaky), I’ve dreamed that one of my kids died before, but last night ranks up their with both of these. I dreamed that Will had a grand mal seizure.
Now, Will doesn’t have epilepsy. The only seizure he has had in his life, I was on plane when it happened (he was home with my mother in law. Let’s just say that babysitting job didn’t pay well enough for what happened). It was ruled as an abnormal febrile seizure, and he’s never had one since.
I’m afraid to google to see what it means. LOL However, I just can’t figure out where that came from. We spent the day at Great America yesterday with the kids, and they had a blast. I was dead tired when we came home. I didn’t even the mattress toppers on my bed last night; I’m pretty sure I was asleep before my head hit the pillows!
So anybody want to take a stab at the meaning behind this dream?
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Will Update — The Story Up Till Now
Where do I start? I landed yesterday from the Stouffer’s Event (which was awesome and I will be writing posts later about it. I just can’t right now). I got a phone call from my FIL. He said that “I’m picking you up. Will’s in the hospital”. Of course, my idiotic response was “are you kidding me”. I mean my brain could not wrap around what he was telling me. And he wasn’t kidding. All he knew is that Will spiked a high fever, was unresponsive, and was taken by ambulance to the hospital.
Can you say mom guilt? I know that being here wouldn’t have changed a damn thing. However, I can’t shake the guilt.
Well, what happened was that my MIL dropped Madison off at preschool and was driving to my SILs. She watches her kids on Thursdays. Her house is about 6 blocks away from Madison’s preschool. Will and grandma were singing in the car till she turned on my SIL’s block. Then he stopped singing and she thought he fell asleep. She pulled in front of their house and went to get Will out. He was slumped over, unresponsive, and foaming at the mouth. A scary sight. He was rigid, so she had a hell of time getting him out of his carseat and ran to my SIL’s door. My SIL called 911. By the time the ambulance got there, he was still seizing. We still don’t know if it was one long seizure (febrile seizures should last 2-3 minutes and you shouldn’t get multiples) or if he beat the odds and had multiple seizures. However, he seized all the way to the hospital. (My heart is breaking as I write this and I wasn’t even there).
He got there and I’m not sure exactly what happened but they ran a lot of tests. They tried a CT with sedation but he moved too much. They also ran a swine flu test. When I had heard he spiked a fever, that’s where I went. It’s a scary feeling. I guess even after the seizure he should have snapped back, and he didn’t.
I got there right after the CT attempt, and we spent most of the time waiting for test results. They still don’t know what caused the fever. The only test we don’t have back is for the swine flu. He was pretty crabby on and off all day today.
Our plan of action for the next 5 days is that we have to monitor him. He will get Motrin every 6 hours the entire time and we will keep our fingers crossed.
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