One Crappy Night...

So, we had quite an eventful night last night. Last night around 7:30 I noticed Tyson was feeling a little warm, so I gave him some Tylenol and he seemed pretty fussy to me. He didn't want to eat any dinner and just didn't feel comfortable.

We started watching a movie and Nate was holding him and he just seemed fixated on the TV, but was still alert. He then laid Tyson next to me on the couch. I thought Tyson had fallen asleep because his head was laying on my shoulder, but when I looked down at him his eyes were wide open. A couple of minutes later I looked down at him again becaue I noticed heavy breathing and his heart was racing and his eyes were still wide open. That is when I started getting worried. Nate came over and took Tyson and held him. He started shaking and wasn't responding to anything. At this point Brylee was crying uncontrolably. I decided I was going to take him to the ER because we couldn't find our Diastat that we got 2 years ago before Tyson had his surgery. I started to put him in the car and he looked so pale and I didn't dare buckle him and have him stop breathing while I drove to the hospital. Nate got in the back of the car with Karston and Brylee and held Tyson all the way to the hospital. Half way to the hospital Tyson made a noise, which was the first noise I had heard from him in 10 minutes, and then he threw up all over Nate. We decided to go to a smaller hospital which is closer to our house, when we probably should have gone to Utah Valley, which was only 5 minutes more to get there...I was so panicked I just wanted to get somewhere quick. After he threw up he zonked out. He slept for a good 30-45 minutes while waiting in the ER and talking to the doctor. He apparently has an ear infection, so we have started him on an antibiotic. The doctor also called up to Primary Children's to talk to the neurologist. We have room to go up on the Keppra, but because he had a fever, he didn't want to change anything yet unless the seizures keep happening. We also got another Rx for Diastat.
I don't ever remember being this scared before when Tyson had a major seizure like this...although it has been 2 years and maybe I was just so numb to it. Also, we new there was a reason for it and we were just waiting to have surgery. Now that surgery is over and this has happened, it's just so much scarier. Brylee told Nate on the way home from the ER that she thought Tyson was dead...which breaks my heart. How do you deal with other children during these times when you are freaking out yourself? Needless to say, it was a rough night. I hope this was just something associated with the fever and we don't experience anything like this again. Please keep Tyson in your prayers.
With love,
Brande