On Saturday morning I was giving Miriam her bottle before she went down for her 1st half hour nap (of 2-that's right, she only sleeps an hour all day long!). Just as I took the bottle out of her mouth because she was falling asleep, she had a seizure. It was only about 10 seconds long, but it was definitely a seizure. I have seen plenty of seizures while I was in school and working at the special services school, but it is so different when it is your child. I put her down in her crib, because I couldn't wake her up-which I knew in my head was normal after a seizure-and she was breathing fine-but the emotions started when I was on the phone with the doctor's answering service. They asked me her name and for our phone number so the doctor could reach me and I was surprised they could understand what I said. Before all this happened, I wondered how I would react in an "emergency" situation with my own child. I have experienced situations with other people's children in the past and was able to react without emotions, but it was almost a relief to me that it was so different when it was my own. Then I called Nate who was on his way up to Island Beach State Park for work. He was so concerned, but so calm. He told me to call when the doctor called me back. Then I talked to my sister-who is always there for me-thank you! Yet another person God put in my life to anchor me to Him in stormy moments. The doctor called shortly after that and was in agreement that it was a seizure. He told me to watch her very closely for 24 hours to make sure she didn't have another one. If she did, I needed to take her to the ER to have an EEG done.
Praise God, she has not had another seizure now for 72 hours and we are guessing that she had a fever (from teething) that I didn't notice and it spiked to high. Doctor says that it is more common than most people think and that most kids grow out of it by the time they are 6 if they continue to have seizures periodically. By the way, Miss Mia has her 3rd tooth now! The middle top left tooth broke through on Sunday.
We had bible study last night, and Nate shared how he had so much peace while he was away on Saturday and not really knowing what was going on with Mia. Even through my emotions, I knew she was in His hands. There really is no reason to fear, ever, if we trust Him with our lives. And we do. I am grateful for the reminder.
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Hi Robinson's! I am asuming that since there is no new post that there have been no new seizures. Am I assuming correctly? That had to have been a very scary thing to have happen. I pray for you all regularly and am happy you have this blog to keep us far away folks informed.
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