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This is an update of our weekend...
Hello family and friends,
This weekend has been the most trying and scariest time in Will’s and my life. We woke Saturday morning to a cranky baby Willie. We thought, here we go with more teeth. I took him down stairs to play so Will and Jackie could sleep in. I noticed that Willie kept jumping, like someone was jumping behind him to scare him. I just thought he was getting spooked by something. I made breakfast, Willie was fine. Cranky but no fever, just crying a lot. Then I asked Will to watch him so I could put some cloths away, and about 10 minutes later Will comes running up to say I need to look at Willie. He was limp and barley breathing. I told Will to Call 911. Will was watching him and said he was not choking on anything. He just thought he was falling asleep in his arms, but realized when he couldn’t arouse him that something was wrong. In between the time of calling 911 and giving our address, Willie turned blue and stopped breathing. Gosh, it’s hard for me to re tell this story, it’s all so real still. What felt like an eternity must have been a good 5 to 10 minutes . The entire time will was on the phone telling me what to do to Willie, lying on his back lifeless, not moving, non responsive. I kept saying where are they, Dear God please help Willie. We couldn’t lose him! That thought, still in my head. 2 ambulances arrived at the same time, once they stepped foot on the second level of my house, Will went from lifeless to rolling himself over on all fours. Head looking straight at the ground. I was amazed, but still new there was something wrong. I called for him, touched him, and he didn’t an knowledge anything. They said his breathing at the point was fair, his color was white, much better than blue. The EMT guy said it is probably a Febrile seizure. This can happen in a child from 6 month to 5 years. He would be fine w/ no fever and within a minute or less spike to 104’ fever. The ambulance took Will and Willie to the hospital , While I got Jackie dressed and we headed by car. Thank goodness for having family so close, they were there within minutes of me and took great care of Jackie. When I saw Willie, he was alert and looking around and wanted his Mommy. I never was so happy to hear that cry in my life. At one point Will and I thought our sweet young loving boy was dying, to him looking at us thinking get me out of this place. Oh I wish it would have been that simple. The pediatrician thought it took was Febrile seizure. They ran a cat scan, so sad, and took fluid from his spin, man that was so hard to watch. Both came clear, same with his blood work. They checked his ears and said he was ok. We went home, with Motrin and Tylenol and hopes that this wouldn’t happen again. They said it was highly unlikely it would happen again. Will and I walked in the house and stepped on the second floor, looking at the floor our son had laid lifeless, UHHH tears then and know flow. How thankful and grateful I am to God for watching over him. But we still had a night ahead of us. Mom and dad brought Jackie home, we ate dinner and put the kids to bed. I laid on the floor in his room for 2 hours. My son is a mover I tell you. I finally moved to my bed were I held the baby monitor to my head for the next 3 hours, in between I would go in and feel him to make sure he wasn’t hot. Finally at 3, I checked again and he was good. By 330 am he cried, I ran to him and he was on fire. I took him downstairs to give him Motrin , he took, but not a second later he had a seizure in my arms. I called for Will, he came running. I laid my son, once again on the same spot of our middle floor. He was crying, Will got wet cloths to we could put Willies head and neck, he would convulse and then cry. It went on for 15 minutes. We felt so helpless. I kept telling my boy he was ok, Mommy was here , rubbing him, trying to love him the best I could. We woke Jackie and loaded the kids in the car after the seizure. Penny met us at the hospital and took Jr. We saw another pediatrician and he checked Willie out. Saying it was a Febrile seizure. He checked his ears out, because we had said we hadn’t found a “ source “of the fever. Willie has wax build up. Which the docts at ft Belvoir removed 3 weeks ago. Needless to say once he removed the wax, he could see the ear infection my son had. I was never so happy to hear, your son has an ear infection. So on top of our 2 medicines we have a 3rd. as far as the fevers go, he is susceptible to the Febrile fevers. The second seizure he had this AM he was 99’ and in 30 seconds he shot up to 104’. His, and no Childs body, can handle that rapid temp. change. So it’s now 5 pm, I haven’t slept since Friday night, and don’t think I will sleep tonight. Every move I hear from his room , I have to check. Every time I close my eyes I see my sweet son on that floor, so I have to go check him and feel him. Please, even if you’re not one to pray, pray for our son. Pray that God continues to watch over him, protects him, and gives him the strength his little 24 pound body needs to deal with these seizures. Pray that we have overcome the worst, that there will be no more seizures. Thank you to those who have prayed and continue to pray. Thank you to my family for helping me with Jackie and allowing Will and I to focus everything we had on Willie. Thank you Ryan, Sarah and luck for your fast prayer, I believe in the power of prayer and man it helped. We love you all. Sorry we haven’t called anyone, but as you can imagine things are so crazy, and its everything I have to write this email. Sorry too to josh and Meredith that we couldn’t make dinner Saturday night, know we were sad about that, but man we couldn’t leave our little man! That’s it for now, we will keep you posted. We will get him in the docts at ft. Belvoir tomorrow and see what they military docts have to say about all of this. It was nice to go to Prince William , they were amazing!
Love from the GazesPs we went to ft. belvior today and got a referral for a peds neurologist . will keep you posted. Willie spiked a 104 fever 2 times last night but no seizures. Thank good ness. Baby steps right. Keep praying. We will always need to be on top of any kind of fever for our little man!
This weekend has been the most trying and scariest time in Will’s and my life. We woke Saturday morning to a cranky baby Willie. We thought, here we go with more teeth. I took him down stairs to play so Will and Jackie could sleep in. I noticed that Willie kept jumping, like someone was jumping behind him to scare him. I just thought he was getting spooked by something. I made breakfast, Willie was fine. Cranky but no fever, just crying a lot. Then I asked Will to watch him so I could put some cloths away, and about 10 minutes later Will comes running up to say I need to look at Willie. He was limp and barley breathing. I told Will to Call 911. Will was watching him and said he was not choking on anything. He just thought he was falling asleep in his arms, but realized when he couldn’t arouse him that something was wrong. In between the time of calling 911 and giving our address, Willie turned blue and stopped breathing. Gosh, it’s hard for me to re tell this story, it’s all so real still. What felt like an eternity must have been a good 5 to 10 minutes . The entire time will was on the phone telling me what to do to Willie, lying on his back lifeless, not moving, non responsive. I kept saying where are they, Dear God please help Willie. We couldn’t lose him! That thought, still in my head. 2 ambulances arrived at the same time, once they stepped foot on the second level of my house, Will went from lifeless to rolling himself over on all fours. Head looking straight at the ground. I was amazed, but still new there was something wrong. I called for him, touched him, and he didn’t an knowledge anything. They said his breathing at the point was fair, his color was white, much better than blue. The EMT guy said it is probably a Febrile seizure. This can happen in a child from 6 month to 5 years. He would be fine w/ no fever and within a minute or less spike to 104’ fever. The ambulance took Will and Willie to the hospital , While I got Jackie dressed and we headed by car. Thank goodness for having family so close, they were there within minutes of me and took great care of Jackie. When I saw Willie, he was alert and looking around and wanted his Mommy. I never was so happy to hear that cry in my life. At one point Will and I thought our sweet young loving boy was dying, to him looking at us thinking get me out of this place. Oh I wish it would have been that simple. The pediatrician thought it took was Febrile seizure. They ran a cat scan, so sad, and took fluid from his spin, man that was so hard to watch. Both came clear, same with his blood work. They checked his ears and said he was ok. We went home, with Motrin and Tylenol and hopes that this wouldn’t happen again. They said it was highly unlikely it would happen again. Will and I walked in the house and stepped on the second floor, looking at the floor our son had laid lifeless, UHHH tears then and know flow. How thankful and grateful I am to God for watching over him. But we still had a night ahead of us. Mom and dad brought Jackie home, we ate dinner and put the kids to bed. I laid on the floor in his room for 2 hours. My son is a mover I tell you. I finally moved to my bed were I held the baby monitor to my head for the next 3 hours, in between I would go in and feel him to make sure he wasn’t hot. Finally at 3, I checked again and he was good. By 330 am he cried, I ran to him and he was on fire. I took him downstairs to give him Motrin , he took, but not a second later he had a seizure in my arms. I called for Will, he came running. I laid my son, once again on the same spot of our middle floor. He was crying, Will got wet cloths to we could put Willies head and neck, he would convulse and then cry. It went on for 15 minutes. We felt so helpless. I kept telling my boy he was ok, Mommy was here , rubbing him, trying to love him the best I could. We woke Jackie and loaded the kids in the car after the seizure. Penny met us at the hospital and took Jr. We saw another pediatrician and he checked Willie out. Saying it was a Febrile seizure. He checked his ears out, because we had said we hadn’t found a “ source “of the fever. Willie has wax build up. Which the docts at ft Belvoir removed 3 weeks ago. Needless to say once he removed the wax, he could see the ear infection my son had. I was never so happy to hear, your son has an ear infection. So on top of our 2 medicines we have a 3rd. as far as the fevers go, he is susceptible to the Febrile fevers. The second seizure he had this AM he was 99’ and in 30 seconds he shot up to 104’. His, and no Childs body, can handle that rapid temp. change. So it’s now 5 pm, I haven’t slept since Friday night, and don’t think I will sleep tonight. Every move I hear from his room , I have to check. Every time I close my eyes I see my sweet son on that floor, so I have to go check him and feel him. Please, even if you’re not one to pray, pray for our son. Pray that God continues to watch over him, protects him, and gives him the strength his little 24 pound body needs to deal with these seizures. Pray that we have overcome the worst, that there will be no more seizures. Thank you to those who have prayed and continue to pray. Thank you to my family for helping me with Jackie and allowing Will and I to focus everything we had on Willie. Thank you Ryan, Sarah and luck for your fast prayer, I believe in the power of prayer and man it helped. We love you all. Sorry we haven’t called anyone, but as you can imagine things are so crazy, and its everything I have to write this email. Sorry too to josh and Meredith that we couldn’t make dinner Saturday night, know we were sad about that, but man we couldn’t leave our little man! That’s it for now, we will keep you posted. We will get him in the docts at ft. Belvoir tomorrow and see what they military docts have to say about all of this. It was nice to go to Prince William , they were amazing!
Love from the GazesPs we went to ft. belvior today and got a referral for a peds neurologist . will keep you posted. Willie spiked a 104 fever 2 times last night but no seizures. Thank good ness. Baby steps right. Keep praying. We will always need to be on top of any kind of fever for our little man!
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You know that we're here for ya and that we are constantly lifting Willie up to the GREAT PHYSICIAN--Jesus Christ. I know that God has Willie in the palm of His hand, and I pray that He will give you and Will peace through all of this too. Love you guys!!
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