Well, I know that it has been a while since I posted, so I will make up for it with this post. :) We had a REALLY crazy night/morning (whatever you want to call it). About 4 am today, we (Bill and I) heard Alex make a really funny sound. It was kinda like a cry and a squeal together. It didn't sound normal and then he was crying. It stopped suddenly so Bill went to check it out. When he went in he patted Alex on the back and realized that he was convulsing. He ran him into our bedroom and laid him on the bed. We ruled out choking by slapping him on the back a couple of times.
So at this point we realized that he was having a seizure. (Thank you Amber for the practice run) While I watched him on the bed, Bill called 911 and an ambulance was soon on the way. Mom was called to come and stay with the kids and then we had to just sit and wait it out. After a few minutes of seizing, which wasn't fun because he was kind of gasping/swallowing, he stopped and then started whimpering. The crazy thing is all of this is that we weren't TOTALLY panicked. I am not saying that we weren't concerned/worried/frightened, but there was something familiar about the whole thing since Amber had already done something similar. After a while I picked him back up, he threw up some phlegm(sp?) and a few minutes later the ambulance arrived. Bill went with Alex to the hospital and I waited for mom.
Mom came a little while later and I was off. By the time I arrived at the hospital they had taken blood, chest x-rays, temperature and had a major blow out diaper(pretty common after a seizure). His temp was 104 degrees and his x-rays showed pnemonia which was a shock to us because other than an ear infection last week his attitude this week and last night were just fine.
They did do a nasal swab to check for influenza virus because that also will give a high fever and aches and it is going around at the daycare center. But that came back negative. So ....
basically we/they think that because of the pnemonia he spiked a fever which caused a febral seizure (not too uncommon in young children) and he will be/is fine.
Bill took him in this morning for a check with his regular doctor and everything looks okay. He is on a new antibiotic to treat the pnemonia and Tylenol to control his temperature. He slept several hours this morning and by the time I came home from school at noon he was well enough to say "No!" and be watching Barney (his favorite).
Now hopefully this lengthy and detailed post will make up for my lackluster performance as of late. And this way you know what happened and you won't have to ask. :)
