I woke up at 2 AM and Elijah was crying in his bed. I went in and he was all sweaty. I thought for a moment that he just had a bad dream or something. I comforted him back to sleep... Half asleep myself, I stumbled back into my bed and was out.
Only to be woken a 1/2 an hour later by his cries, "Elijah sleep in Daddy's big bed!"
Okay... So I picked him up and when I walked by the bathroom I saw in the mirror he was flush red.
I gave him motrin and unzipped his jammies and cooled him down with a wash rag for about 10 minutes. He was calm... I was calm. I left him unzipped and threw him in bed with me.
He cried for a pillow and blanket and went back to sleep.
About 3-3:15AM, I hear the loudest shriek in my ear. It was Elijah... I flipped over and saw his eyes rolled back in his head, gasping for air and spitting everywhere.
Well... Been there before. The 5 seconds of panic from waking like that went to, Elijah is having a seizure. Really... the only thing you can do after witnessing this 4 times now is comfort him. He is gonna seize for a minute and you are not going to like what you see in your little boy's eyes. You have to keep thinking he will come out of it and you hold them so they get through it.
I just held him as he slowly stopped and just made sure he kept breathing which he did. He completely passed out though and he was running a 101 degree temp in his arm so he was probably much hotter inside. I took off his jammies and cooled him with wet rags. I tickled his feet and hands to make sure he moved them and I talked to him and he responded but he was out. 15 minutes later... We were both asleep. He was hyperventilating before the seizure a bit and I had not really noticed before but now in retrospect. He woke breathing calmly this morning at 7:30. I got him dressed and he played like normal and it was just 4 hours later.
I have been wondering though all day if he had a couple in his own bed which is why he cried out initially. The doctors keep telling us... This is normal... This is normal... This is normal...
To see him walk out of Starbucks this morning with his cup of apple juice put a tear in my eye.
I love the little guy.
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