Seriously contemplating eating her shoe.
Forget the shoe, what's over there?
My people! Hey my people!
Did you hear me? I said HEY MY PEOPLE!
I purposefully show you these pictures of Ashley from today, so that when I tell you that we had a major medical scare with her last week, you will know that she is absolutely, 100% FINE.
The bad part:
Last Tuesday night, while David was giving Ashley a bath, she had a seizure (for all intents and purposes). She zoned out, quit breathing and went limp. Not the typical thing that you think of with a seizure, but essentially, that's what it was. She slowly began breathing again after about 30 seconds and then subsequently slowly began regaining focus and coming back 'to herself.' Our story of what happened, especially the part about her stopping breathing, concerned several doctors, so we ended up at a children's hospital in Atlanta.
The good part:
They tested her heart (perfectly perfect) and blood (perfectly lovely) in the E.R. that night, which really was the morning, and she was admitted for more tests. Wednesday she underwent an EEG to test her brain activity (perfectly humming) and a MRI (perfectly clear). Hallelujah!
The doctors tell us that generally kids are allowed one 'free' seizure, as long as these four tests come back normal. If she has another, then we will have to worry and become bosom buddies with a neurologist.
We were able to come home Wednesday night, and after Ashley and I caught up on several missed meals, gallons of beverages and HOURS and HOURS of missed sleep, we are back to our normal routine.
In the mean time, we now have a very, very expensive (but very, very worth it) emergency prescription that would stop a seizure, should it happen again.
This behavior here? Perfectly normal. The girl drinks like a FISH.
(I double dog dare you to click on this picture and gaze into the McClure blue eyes. I DARE YOU. But don't look at her long nails. It's been a long week. Oh, and those dark circles under her eyes? Those are from her sister waking her up during her nap. Don't look at those either.)
The bad part:
Last Tuesday night, while David was giving Ashley a bath, she had a seizure (for all intents and purposes). She zoned out, quit breathing and went limp. Not the typical thing that you think of with a seizure, but essentially, that's what it was. She slowly began breathing again after about 30 seconds and then subsequently slowly began regaining focus and coming back 'to herself.' Our story of what happened, especially the part about her stopping breathing, concerned several doctors, so we ended up at a children's hospital in Atlanta.
The good part:
They tested her heart (perfectly perfect) and blood (perfectly lovely) in the E.R. that night, which really was the morning, and she was admitted for more tests. Wednesday she underwent an EEG to test her brain activity (perfectly humming) and a MRI (perfectly clear). Hallelujah!
The doctors tell us that generally kids are allowed one 'free' seizure, as long as these four tests come back normal. If she has another, then we will have to worry and become bosom buddies with a neurologist.
We were able to come home Wednesday night, and after Ashley and I caught up on several missed meals, gallons of beverages and HOURS and HOURS of missed sleep, we are back to our normal routine.
In the mean time, we now have a very, very expensive (but very, very worth it) emergency prescription that would stop a seizure, should it happen again.
This behavior here? Perfectly normal. The girl drinks like a FISH.(I double dog dare you to click on this picture and gaze into the McClure blue eyes. I DARE YOU. But don't look at her long nails. It's been a long week. Oh, and those dark circles under her eyes? Those are from her sister waking her up during her nap. Don't look at those either.)
3 comments:
I'm so thankful that little Ashley is okay. That must have been the scare of a lifetime.
On another note, how lucky are we that our husbands have bath duty?!
She drinks like a fish, because HER MOTHER did/does the SAME THING! :-)
Sweet girl. I am SO glad she's okay and we're thinking about her (and you!).
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