My little guy has had a rough 1st birthday week :( On Wednesday, the day before Hilton's birthday, we went down to Sardis Lake Christian Camp to visit daddy. We were there for 1 hour when Hilton had his 2nd seizure. His daddy was holding him this time when it happened and was able to get him into the nurses cabin. At the time, I was with Aylin and some friends on the water slide when I was paged over the intercom. I knew right away that Hilton had a seizure, one of those gut feelings. Bobby had been sitting with some Southaven members when the seizure started and fortunately one of them was a nurse and knew to start timing without us asking. When I got to them, Debra told me it had already been going on for a few minutes. This seizure lasted for 7 1/2 minutes :( His temperature after the seizure was 103 and we brought it down with ice packs. It dropped to 100 when we left camp and headed back to Le Bonheur Children's hospital. We had called 911 but since he quit seizing and was stable before they got there, we cancelled the call. His temperature was back to 102 by the time we got to the hospital, but his blood work came back normal, so there was no infection. His urine showed that he was borderline dehydrated, so they think the heat brought on this seizure. This was unexpected and since this is the 2nd seizure in a month we were referred to a pediatric neurologist. We have our first appointment with them next week.
Thankfully we were not alone this time and had lots of help. Trey Bledsoe, Debra Gill, Shannon Rister, and Suzanne Wofford were right there with us making phone calls, providing the first aid help Hilton needed, and just being there for us. I know countless others were praying and doing other things like watching over Aylin as well and we are so thankful for everyone. Our ER doctor was actually the same one we had last time so it was nice having a familiar face at the hospital too. We were there until almost midnight. So Hilton's actual birthday started off with a trip home from the hospital.
After a few hours of sleep we woke up and had birthday cake with our little birthday boy before daddy had to head back to camp.
Then we had to take a trip to the pediatrician for a follow-up appointment. Hilton loved watching the construction workers through the window :) This appointment again showed no infection.
Because it had been a rough couple of days, I made spaghetti and meatballs for dinner and he loved it!
While all the excitement was happening, Aylin got to have A LOT of fun :) She stayed at camp until late Weds night and then went home with the Risters for a long awaited sleepover :) Then on Thursday they rode the 4 wheeler, went to lunch, and went swimming! I didn't think she would want to come home, but she was worn out and ready to relax. Although, she is already planning her next sleepover with Griffin, Reed, Annalise, and Shannon!
Before the seizure, we were having a really good week. Aylin and I made healthy cookies with oatmeal, bananas, choc chips, and honey. She did not care for them, but Hilton and I liked them :)
I had to share this pic of HI playing in Aylin's kitchen while she and I were cooking. He dumps out the buckets of kitchen toys and puts them in the cabinets and or back into the different buckets :) Love my sweet little boy!
I guess Aylin was a little jealous of all of Hilton's sleeping beauty pictures from last week, so she fell asleep during Sunday evening worship and slept all the way through, so afterwards I was able to take this picture of my sleeping princess :)
We had a great time at the education store's story time with the Woffords and Risters and here is a picture of this week's craft:
Last but not least, HAPPY FATHER'S DAY to our favorite daddy! You are awesome and we love you. We are so proud of you and can't wait for you to come home from camp tomorrow! :)
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