Hannah Kate Update

Remember this post from back in November when Hannah had to go to the Emergency Center because of a febrile seizure. Well it happened to us again, but this time it was scarier and a lot worse than before.

This past Saturday we were at my mom's house eating lunch. Hannah had felt a little warm to me that day, but nothing I was too concerned about. She was acting normal and not showing any signs of sickness. We sat down for lunch and she was talking about how she loved chicken and seemed to be in good spirits. All the sudden she got down from the table and was squatting on the floor. She was really quiet which is very unusual for her.

After a few minutes I picked her up and took here into the bathroom. I sat her on the toilet and talked to her. I asked her to talk to me, but she couldn't. Her eyes were glazed over and she seemed out of it.

I picked her up and laid her on my mom's bed. Brandon noticed she was hot so we put a wash cloth on her head and turned the fan on to try and cool her down, but she wasn't responding so I called 911. By the time EMS arrived she had been seizing for about 10 minutes. She was put in the ambulance where she was administered medicine to stop the seizure and Tylenol to bring down her 102 temp. We were told to follow the ambulance to the hospital.

When we got to the ER she had just stopped seizing. So the total time was 40 minutes. Last time it was only around 4 minutes. A lot different this time.

EEG Procedure

In the emergency room she was pretty out of it. She was not talking to us or opening her eyes. We were very concerned at this point. The doctors decided to admit her overnight for observation and to run some more tests. It was the longest 24 hours of my life. I spent the night with her in the hospital and Brandon went home to stay with Hudson. My mom had been taking care of him all day Saturday so we could be with HK at the hospital.

 

Hannah woke up around 5am the next morning and was really confused and wanted to leave. They had an IV in her hand and she wanted to pull it out. Since it was the weekend the playroom at the children's hospital was closed. Such a bummer. That was her biggest complaint. She desperately wanted to go in there and play. They did open it so she could get a doll house to play with in her room, but that only kept her busy for a little while. It was really hard to keep her happy on Sunday. She had a big meltdown around midday. They decided to let us go home around 2pm and she fell asleep soon after they took out her IV. In the end all her tests came back clear.

That night she was still wobbly and not quite herself. But she's getting better every day. We had a follow up visit with her pediatrician who is referring us to a pediatric neurologist. We'll see how that goes. Maybe this was nothing, but it could be something. We just need to find out for sure.

I'm tired, feel pretty overwhelmed and stressed. This is not how we were planning to spend Father's Day weekend. It's good to be back at work today though and back to a normal routine. I know God has big plans for our sweet girl. Please pray for her and our family.