Preludes And Nocturnes

As some of you know, this morning Malcolm had what they think was a febrile seizure. Today started fine.  At 11am we dropped him off at my mom’s house so Jim and I could grab groceries.

I called her at noon and she said he had just stopped playing and climbed up on the couch with his blanket.  She said he was very hot to the touch.

So we went over and picked him up.  He was very hot so mom had a facecloth, and we put him in the car to head home and get him some advil/cool bath/etc.

About 3 minutes from my mom’s house he dropped his train from his carseat, stopped talking to us (he chatters non-stop these days) and started listing and just staring out the window.

Jim couldn’t get his attention - so I told him to keep trying (I am the driver) and I passed everyone and drove directly to the emergency room.  We made every light, I got us there in about two or three minutes, and even faster as going up the hill M started to vomit and choke.

At emergency I went to grab M and Jim ran in to get some help.  Malcolm’s eyes were rolled back and he was white and limp.  All I could think was to have him facing down so his lungs would clear and to run - I left my car running with the door open outside emergency.  We were calling for help as we came through the doors and they took him from me.  I didn’t know if he was breathing, if he was dead - I can’t explain it, but everything was just buzzing in my ears.

He wasn’t breathing well, his lungs are cloudy, and they took him and gave him oxygen and - well, I don’t know what else they did.  In all, he started to be responsive at a very basic level over the next hour or so.  They took blood, urine, and lung x-rays.

They think it is his ear - infected - that caused the fever. And the fever caused the seizure.  And, in all, the seizures are not harmful.  Aside from my mental state, right now.

We were at the hopsital for four hours and by then he was sitting up with a popscicle and his Thomas on DVD (Jim and my mom went to the house to put the milk in the fridge and grab us some clothes as both M and I were kinda puked on).

Since being home Malcolm slept for 3.5hrs and now is playing with Jim (and his trains).  In all, I think I’ll end up sleeping in M’s room tonight.  We took turns during his nap going up and standing over him while he slept.

Yeah.  Today was not what I expected.