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Harrowing Day: Accidents Can Happen To Anyone {Epilepsy Awareness}

November 21, 2012 by Dana

Some days just get you.  Break you down from morning to night.  Bring trials you cannot image when you begin them.  Today was one of those for me.

Last night, Laycie decided she needed to sleep with Mommy.  She does that sometimes.  Sometimes it’s just because she needs the extra snuggle.  Other times it’s because she just feels off, which is common for her seizure type.  So, of course, I let her.

Last night, she wasn’t feeling well so she wanted to sleep with us, and sure enough she began running a fever in the night.  She’s been battling a canker sore the past few days.  We were hoping it would get better but it worsened, leading to her fever.

Having a child with Epilepsy, fevers tend to not be friendly things.  They can lead to a convulsion.  They wear a normal child out but even more so with an Epileptic child.  Needless to say this morning we were not up to going to therapy and we spent much of the day on the couch.

Since she wasn’t feeling well and had a fever, I pushed liquids to keep her hydrated and Motrin to keep her fever down and help her rest.  This afternoon I offered her a butterscotch, thinking it would help sooth her throat.

She enjoyed her candy for a few minutes, then suddenly the hard candy slipped into her throat.  She began to gasp for air and clutch at her throat.  She began crying and trying to cough.  My baby was choking on her piece of candy.

I quickly grabbed her up and sent her sister to find my Mom who had gone next door to her house.  Laycie was still gasping and struggling to breath.  Her body was automatically trying to throw her candy back up to get it dislodged.

My Mom, who is CPR certified, helped Laycie while I grabbed my Tahoe key and purse and ran out my door, only to run back in and grab Jackson.  By this point Laycie was ok and breathing again but crying still and telling me she still felt like the candy was stuck and I definitely wanted to have her checked at the ER.  A normal 10 minute drive to town, only took 5 minutes or less today.

When we got to the ER they took her straight in and I was assured by the closest EMT that since she was breathing and somewhat talking to me, she was fine.  Still I had the doctor look her over, check her since she had a fever all day and had the canker sore.  He told us the sore was causing her fever and it would just have to run it’s course.  And he assured me though her throat would probably be sore she was fine.

Laycie has assured me she does not want any more butterscotch after her experience today.  She is doing much better now and is soundly sleeping in my bed again tonight, not because she wants to but because Momma needs her close after such a harrowing day.

Hug your babies.  Keep them close.  We are never promised tomorrow and we never know how close we are to going “home”.  I am thankful to God that my baby girl is just fine and snuggling with her Momma tonight.

This Momma is shutting down for the night but I hope you all have a blessed Wednesday.

Filed Under: 2012, accident, candy, choking, choking on candy, Epilepsy, Epilepsy Awareness, er, hug babies, snuggle, thank god

Our Halloween Weekend {Hallowen Fun 2010}

November 2, 2010 by Dana

Everyone knows that this past weekend was Halloween.  Although many Christians disagree with even acknowledging Halloween, we don’t agree.  We look at this day as being a family day for us and a fun time for our children to enjoy getting candy for free.  More than that though, we enjoy fellowship with many others, Christians included.

Our children chose to dress up as Star Wars characters this year, with the exception of our seven year old daughter.  Winston wanted to be Darth Vader, Emmalee chose to be a Fairy Princess with pink wings, Justain chose Obi Wan Kenobi and little Laycie was an adorable Ewok.

We began our weekend with a trip to Front Street to visit the town’s many vendors and stores which provided candy.  This allowed us to fellowship with many of the town folk, friends and family.  It also allowed my stepson to spend family time with both my children and his Mom’s children.  It’s a great way for him to bond with both sides and see us getting along just for him.  The children truly enjoyed this first night of Halloween weekend.

Our second night of Trick or Treat was in Belle Isle at our family friend, Ms Jean’s house.  The kids had a wonderful time going around her neighborhood to collect candy.  Josh loaded all the kids onto a trailer on the back of our ATV 4-wheeler and we went on a night ride through the area.  It was a ton of fun.  We ran into a convoy of other Christians who were out Trick or Treating as well.  Such a wonderful experience for us all!
Sunday night brought more fun for us.  We took our four kids to my sister’s church for a fun night at their festival.  The kids were able to play games and win prizes and candy.  They had nachoes and cheese with sodas and Josh and I had Hobo Stew (veggie soup).  We had such a wonderful time together!  It was a much needed experience for us as a family. 
So though this weekend is not welcomed by many in the Christian community, we truly enjoyed our fellowship with others that we would not normally have.  It has brought our children and our family closer together.  I consider that to be a blessing and I look forward to having my sweet babies enjoy Halloween again next year.

Filed Under: 2010, candy, dress up, family, fun, halloween, kids, pumpkins, trick or treat

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