We had a real scare with Kayla on Sunday. I put her down for a nap in her room and when I went to check on her, she was having a seizure. I called 911 and by the time the ambulance arrived she had stopped and we found out she had a fever of 102.3 and that most likely caused the seizure. Fever-induced seizures are called febrile seizures. They are not harmful and cause no damage - just very scary for a parent!
At the hospital they ran many tests to diagnose what caused the fever. They drew blood, got a urine specimine, took a chest x-ray, and the hardest part was the spinal tap. They gave her a shot to numb her back and then drew out some spinal fluid to rule out meningitis. The Dr. concluded it was most likely a urinary tract infection that caused the fever. We're not sure if this infection is a new one or the original one she got about 2 weeks ago. This week I have to take her to the Dr. pretty much every day for shots of antibiotic, another urine culture, and our tests at Scottish Rite got moved to Friday. Phew!
Hopefully we'll find out what's going on after the tests on Friday. Thankfully we have lots of support to help get us through this trial.
As for Kayla today, she's getting back to her happy self and has really discovered that she can grab her feet and stretch them towards her mouth. It must be fun to do.
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