So two days ago, Peanut was struck by a sap tree of a nose. She had that dreadful cold. Since the rest of the girls were getting over strep throat, I figured that this cold would run its course. Boy - it is running a marathon. Today, she started getting a light cough. We went out to dinner with our awesome neighbors and she seemed fine. When we got home, Scott had given her a bath and I put her down to sleep. A little after eleven, I checked on her and I could tell that her heart beat was faster than normal and she felt warm to the touch. I waited until twelve to get her up to see if my temperature prediction was correct. It was 101.8. We started to get the Tylenol and sure enough she had a full body jerk, let out some screeching wild cat cry, and then began to have a three and a half minute seizure. That was at 0007. We got some cold towels that quickly turned warm on her head. After her breathing seemed back more to a normal speed and she started to fall back asleep, I gave her the Tylenol and Ibuprofen. I also took her temperature again and it was 102.4. At 0020, she again let out a loud cat cry and did the hiccup seizure. I named it this because you know when you are trying to fall asleep and you are almost there when all of a sudden your whole body completely jerks? So annoying. Well for Eva, this went on for about 25 minutes. After about two minutes of this, we decided to visit Mr. Manning' House again. Every minute or so, she continued to have the hiccups. We left the house packed for at least a one night stay and arrived at 0050. Her hiccups lasted through half of our car ride.
Now, we are in the hospital, which is as busy as I have ever seen it. I know that we are in for a long night because the nurse made me a fresh 16 ounce cup of ice tea. Her fever is almost gone (it was 99.9 when the nurse took it at 0135) and we are awaiting to see the doctor. I also know that we are on the low priority list and because they are so busy, I will be getting as comfortable as we can in these uncomfortable metal, lightly padded chairs. Luckily for Eva, she has been so busy sleeping, she doesn't seem to mind the vibrant florescent lighting and random nurse checks.
I guess I could only say that we are truly luckier than most right now. There was a horrible tornado in Southern Indiana today and some families are still looking for their relatives. I just need have some sort of optimism in this oh-so familiar scenario. I am not sure what will become of this. Either just a long night or another unwanted staycation. When the doctor comes in, my main objective will be to get the most obvious answers - At what point will these febrile seizures stop? Is there a common age? Is this just a symptom of C17 that will continue until who-knows-when? Do we need to expect that every symptom of a common cold, ear infection, flu, ect. will ultimately cause a seizure? Do we just give her preventative medication all the time? I would expect these answers to be known, however, I know that they will not be answered. I guess our grand finale was just an assumption.
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