The day our world stood still.

{I'm gonna keep this as short as possible...it still bothers me really bad to talk about it.}

7.7.13

A week ago this past Sunday--

Brayden had a  febrile seizure. 

It was the worse thing I have ever experienced. I hope I never have to experience anything like this again.

His eyes rolled back in his head.

Foamed at the mouth.

Ambulance came...

I prayed out loud the whole way to the hospital as I held our little baby boy. It was the longest ride ever.

He seizured almost the whole way to the hospital.

I prayed. prayed. prayed. 

I kept talking to him telling him mama was right there and Dada, sissy, Gram-me, David Papa, Mrs. Kathy and Ray {as Brayden would say "A"} were in the cars right behind us.

I sang "Jesus Loves Me" to him a couple times.

I never once stopped talking to him and God.

The guy in the back of the ambulance said he started coming around as soon as he heard my voice. He kept telling me I was doing the right thing by talking to him. 

On the ride to the hospital, they came him Valium to stop the seizuring.

Right before we got to the hospital, he started coming around. 

One of the first thinsg they did when we got there was check his temperature.

It was around 102 something. I can't remember the exact number.

We waited. They gave him tylenol and we kept waiting.

The doctor wanted to find out what caused his temperature to spike so fast. Come to find out he had an ear infection. We were sooo thankful to find out that it was nothing serious.

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It has now been a week and one day. Brandon and I are still a nervous wreck. Everyone has assured us there's only a 2-5% chance of this ever happening again. Unfortunately, Brayden is still running a fever. It did break for a couple days but we still had given him motrin that morning and night {instead of alternating every 3 hours like we had been.}

He went for his ER follow-up last Thursday. They checked his ears. They were fine. I explained his fever and they didn't seem too worried. 

We took him back to the walk-in clinic yesterday. Once again, his ears were fine but his throat was red. They did a swab test for strep. That came back negative. We asked for bloodwork but they said they didn't think there was a need for that. They told us it was viral...that his immune system was down and he must of picked up a little something else.

He's spit up 3 different times...3 days in a row. Didn't seem to worry us too much because it was just 'flem.' We have been alternating tylenol and motrin every 3 hours. We have been doing this since last Sunday when all this took place. His temperature has been really high at times and we don't understand how this fever is not leaving him.

Please pray for Brayden. 

Pray that God will heal him whatever it may be. We continue to pray it is nothing serious. He is a little trooper. He's been playing and dancing throughout all this....even when he's running a fever. If his fever starts getting a little high, he starts to slow down. He has been sleeping well....well until I wake him up to take medicine but he's been going right back to sleep. I've been giving him cool baths which he doesn't seem to like too much, but the good thing is he's been getting more pedialyte pops. ;)

Pray for Brandon.

He's such a good daddy and has helped me stay strong; however, I could tell tonight he was bothered. Pray that God will comfort him....help him each day while he's away from us working and trust in God that he is always going to take care of us.

Pray for Bailey.

Pray that God will watch over her and keep her well. We thank God that if what Brayden has is viral that none of us have gotten it. Bailey's had a runny nose and felt a little warm at times, but I believe hers is coming from teething.

Pray for me.

I've been getting up all thru the night checking on him and Bailey. Brandon tells me...."good thing your not a nurse...you would drive your patient's crazy." lol He is exactly right. I worry too much. I couldn't be a nurse. 

How could you not worry when he was perfectly fine. Woke up with a runny nose...little sluggish...wouldn't eat much that day and then all of a sudden. He felt a little warm, but not feverish. Please pray that God will comfort me also and give me the strength to stay strong and stop worrying.