my little girl had a seizure

last Thursday i had a fussy little girl

it happens

some days are just happier than others in toddlerville 

(well, i guess that's true in adultland as well!)

i probably should have realized that she was getting sick

but i didn't

until that evening when she started feeling extremely warm

i took her temperature and it was a little over 102F

we gave her some tylenol and put her to bed for the night

the next morning she was still burning up

so she got more meds, 

and i was looking forward to a relaxing morning at home w/ a sleepy, cuddly little girl

Brighton is not a cuddler

too much energy

so sometimes it's kind of nice for me when she's not feeling the best because then she lets me hold her a snuggle :)

so that's what we were doing friday morning

i was loving it

and she fell asleep in my arms

so a carried her into our bedroom and laid down on the bed w/ her

we had just been laying there for a couple of minutes when the seizure happened

all of a sudden her little body went stiff and started seizing 

her head arched back

her eyes rolled back

i couldn't tell if she was breathing

i picked her up, ran out to the kitchen, grabbed the phone, and took her back to the bedroom where i called 911

i was so scared, and had no idea what to do

for all i knew, she was dying 

i now know that she wasn't, and that febrile seizures are actually rather common in young children, and that they are pretty much harmless

but i didn't know that then

it was the scariest couple minutes of my life

the paramedics arrived about 5 minutes after i called 911

by then the seizure was over and she was breathing semi-normally again

we went in the ambulance to the ER where we spent the remainder of the morning while they did some tests to make sure everything was ok

it turns out she had an ear infection which led to the fever which led to the seizure

today i am thankful for a healthy, beautiful little girl

(who is currently trying my patience w/ her whiney attitude this morning!)

her fever broke sometime friday night praise the Lord!

exhausted and waiting in the ER

and she's back!!!

:) :) :) crazy as ever :) :) :) 

 (all pictures taken w/ my less than stellar camera phone)