mommelisa
03-04-2006, 10:51 AM
Hey, ladies! I'm back! Thursday was the worst day! I was supposed to head to Toronto for a last minute meeting for work, and my flight was leaving around 1 pm. At 6:30 when I went into my dd's room, she was awake. She said her tummy had been bothering her all night. I asked her if she wanted to stay home and her reply was, "no, we're doing the high jump in PE today, I want to do it!" So, off to school we went. I told her if she didn't feel well, that she needed to call me before 11 because at that point, I'd be heading to the airport. 9:30 the phone rings, "mom, I'm not feeling good can you come get me?" No problem, I cancel my trip and go pick up my baby girl. She came home and I could tell she didn't feel well, so she laid down in bed and stayed in her room most of the day, just resting and watching tv. She had a little diarrhea, so I didn't push food/liquid on her (my mistake).
I figured she was just fighting a little bug. By the afternoon, she said she was feeling better, and her grandmother who was in town for a few days invited us up to her country club for dinner, so I asked her if she wanted to go and she said yes. We went up there, she had a little bit of dinner, not much and just seemed tired. She looked at me at one point and said, "mom, I want to go home, I’m tired". I said ok, give me 10 minutes to finish and we’ll head home. Well, she sat down next to her grandmother and all of a sudden she slumped forward and her face turned blue. I thought she was choking on something so we tried to stand her up. When we did, she vomited and then she kind of just slithered out of my arms, face down on the floor and started seizing. It was so scary, I can’t even put it into words. The seize lasted about 30 seconds and when she came to, she was extremely disoriented and her skin was grey. We called 911 and the fire department came, got her stabilized – she was awake and could talk - and then they transported us to Scottsdale North (local hospital). When we got there, they said she was very dehydrated, and they gave her an IV, and she started to “come around” if you know what I mean. Her color came back and then she started to be her silly self. It scared the sh*t out of all of us. I am so on both my kids about hydrating - you have to be in Arizona, especially when its dry and hot outside like it has been.
The thing about it is that she had a little fluid, but she wasn’t hungry or thirsty, so she didn’t drink enough for what she was losing. They said what probably happened is she had a little food and her body sent the blood to her stomach to try to digest the food and it caused her to faint and seize. They took blood at the hospital and said all looked good – her sugar, iron, all that stuff. They said her white blood count was high, but that could be caused by her body fighting off an infection (probably what caused the diarrhea), and they didn’t think we need to do a brain MRI or anything like that. They said just to watch her the next few days. I think she’s going to be fine, but of course she is just taking it really, really easy and I am babying the heck out of her. So, so, so scary, but you know what? She is tough, that little girl. She was scared but she didn’t freak out or anything. When they were poking her for the IV, she was afraid it would hurt, but I had her sing a song with me and she just completely controlled her fear and let them help her. It was amazing. I could see her 20 years from now, singing her way through an IM. Its so much a mental game! :-) Wishful thinking on mom's part, I guess.
Anyway! Moral of the story? HYDRATE, HYDRATE, it is so important!
I figured she was just fighting a little bug. By the afternoon, she said she was feeling better, and her grandmother who was in town for a few days invited us up to her country club for dinner, so I asked her if she wanted to go and she said yes. We went up there, she had a little bit of dinner, not much and just seemed tired. She looked at me at one point and said, "mom, I want to go home, I’m tired". I said ok, give me 10 minutes to finish and we’ll head home. Well, she sat down next to her grandmother and all of a sudden she slumped forward and her face turned blue. I thought she was choking on something so we tried to stand her up. When we did, she vomited and then she kind of just slithered out of my arms, face down on the floor and started seizing. It was so scary, I can’t even put it into words. The seize lasted about 30 seconds and when she came to, she was extremely disoriented and her skin was grey. We called 911 and the fire department came, got her stabilized – she was awake and could talk - and then they transported us to Scottsdale North (local hospital). When we got there, they said she was very dehydrated, and they gave her an IV, and she started to “come around” if you know what I mean. Her color came back and then she started to be her silly self. It scared the sh*t out of all of us. I am so on both my kids about hydrating - you have to be in Arizona, especially when its dry and hot outside like it has been.
The thing about it is that she had a little fluid, but she wasn’t hungry or thirsty, so she didn’t drink enough for what she was losing. They said what probably happened is she had a little food and her body sent the blood to her stomach to try to digest the food and it caused her to faint and seize. They took blood at the hospital and said all looked good – her sugar, iron, all that stuff. They said her white blood count was high, but that could be caused by her body fighting off an infection (probably what caused the diarrhea), and they didn’t think we need to do a brain MRI or anything like that. They said just to watch her the next few days. I think she’s going to be fine, but of course she is just taking it really, really easy and I am babying the heck out of her. So, so, so scary, but you know what? She is tough, that little girl. She was scared but she didn’t freak out or anything. When they were poking her for the IV, she was afraid it would hurt, but I had her sing a song with me and she just completely controlled her fear and let them help her. It was amazing. I could see her 20 years from now, singing her way through an IM. Its so much a mental game! :-) Wishful thinking on mom's part, I guess.
Anyway! Moral of the story? HYDRATE, HYDRATE, it is so important!