We left for the cabin on Friday night with a happy, healthy Dallas. About 3am Saturday morning he woke up with a really bad cough. It was so odd to have that type of cough just come out of nowhere. He was awake for a while, but eventually fell back to sleep. By early Saturday morning, it was clear he just wasn't feeling well and by noon we decided we better start packing up and get him home. About 30 minutes later, Dallas was on my lap watching Mickey Mouse when he went into a seizure. First a high pitched squeal, then his eyes and lips twitching all over the place and body in seizure. I was anything but calm. When this happens you feel like something has taken your child and you don't know if/when they are coming back.
Said and done Dallas was taken by ambulance (or by "aliens" as Dakota tells the story) to a nearby hospital. There they found he had pneumonia and an ear infection. While I was only picking up a low fever prior to the seizure (99.5), they think the fever must have suddenly spiked, causing the seizure.
As for today, Dallas is not eating and drinking well, but does seem to be in much higher spirits.
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| Friday night, cruising around the cabin! |
