Our weekend sucked

[callistra]

We drove for four and a half hours and then I slept for an hour and a half. Then we went and saw some rellies, then Vinnie had a febrile convulsion and I spent all night in a hospital. John stayed with us as long as he could, and then we sent him home to get some sleep, because we still have to drive home the next day. The doctor came around at abou 11, I think, and then we went to find my rellies' house, and have some breakfast. The chalets we were in (Middltopn Beach Resort) were lovely, and I want to go back for a whole week. Albany looked good for the whole 25 minutes I got to be driven around in it, and the resort had a gorgeous spa, pool, and entertainment set up. A whole week.

So neither John nor I made it to the party that we trucked ourselves down for, and neither of us is particularly relaxed right now. Vinnie is fine, but the drs suggested we get him checked out for epilepsy as well, because there is a slight chance that he might develop it. I checked the intarweb and it says


Is a febrile convulsion a type of epilepsy?

No. The cause of a febrile convulsion is related to the feverish illness and is not due to any brain abnormality. Epilepsy causes convulsions (seizures or fits) without fever.

About 1 in 100 children who have two or more febrile convulsions develop epilepsy in later childhood. This is slightly higher than the chance of epilepsy developing in children who have not had a febrile convulsion. So, febrile convulsions and epilepsy are two separate conditions, but a very small number of children may be prone to develop both epilepsy and febrile convulsions.

Comments

[redbraids.livejournal.com]

Goodness! Sorry that your weekend was so stressful. I hope that V is feeling better now... worth checking that out even if it is just to reassure you.

Hugs

[liluri.livejournal.com]

Buggery shit - My thoughts are with you and Cheshire.

[callistra.livejournal.com]

Thanks hun. How's things on your end of the earth?

[http://users.livejournal.com/doctor_k_/]

Ah crap. Hopefully it's getting easier?

[callistra.livejournal.com]

From my point of view, everything took forever. Like, the convulsion happened at 6:00, we were in the fourby by 6:02, at the hospital by 6:11, and on a bed by 6:15, and then time just went even SLOWER.

John, however, felt like time was racing way too fast, which was the feeling I had the previous times.

I know he is fine, it's just enduring that it such a bitch. Poor little honey, he's obviously frightened and terrified because his body and brain are just not working, and you offer what comfort you can, but you can't even tell if he knows we're there. (We talk to him a lot and touch him and stroke him a lot.)

I'm looking forward to never having to see another emergency room again.
;-)

[valrhona.livejournal.com]

Poor little muffin. I'm so sorry you've been going through this. I wish you all well.

[cricketk.livejournal.com]

Oh Calli,

I'm so sorry that this keeps happening to V. It sounds like checking out the possible epilepsy angle is a good idea, to help you plan for the future either way.

Is there an age by which he will grow out of febrile convulsions?

[callistra.livejournal.com]

Usually by 5, but some kids make it to 7.

[battblush.livejournal.com]

That is just too scary for words and it's awful that it keeps happening to you guys. You have my thoughts.

[callistra.livejournal.com]

Thanks babe. I can never quite believe it's happening again during it.

[leecetheartist.livejournal.com]

You all must be exhausted! Rob and I are sending warm thoughts and good vibes your way.
Poor Vinny, he's such a bright and happy little creature! We hope he has a speedy recovery.

[tcpip.livejournal.com]

Goodness, how exhausting. Are you both (all three!) holding up OK?

[alias_sqbr]

Reading your post made me really think for ther first time how horrible it must have been for my parents when I had convulsions as a toddler. I hope that Vinnie, like me, gets over them fairly quickly.

[lilysea.livejournal.com]

Grah! How stressful and scary and upsetting. :-\

Here's hoping that you get to spend a whole week down in the Fab resort in the future, and also *hands you a virtual glass of champagne* here's to your last ED visit, may it be soon (or may you never have to go to the ED again!)

Tangent: has Vinnie encountered the joy of Fraggle Rock yet? Or is he still too young?

[callistra.livejournal.com]

I have the complete first season sitting on my desk.
;-)
John's been playing it at him.

[lilysea.livejournal.com]

Heh. (:

I was watching Fraggle Rock yesterday afternoon/evening, while waiting for Jacinta to come round. It's perfect for those moments when you want to be entertained but you're too tired to think, so you just want to lie on the couch under a blanket and drink milky sugary Chai while recharging to go out again.

...Jacinta gave me a lift up to her place, and we had dinner with her two kids (aged 10 and, um, younger), and the kids were talking about Fraggle Rock (they'd been watching Season 1) and Dune. Very cool.

It was funny, when the 10 year old boy started talking to me about Dune, and it wasn't the way that I remembered it - turned out that I was talking about the book and he was talking about the computer game (which I've never played) - he'd never read the book or seen the film.

[baby-elvis.livejournal.com]

oh no. so sorry that this happened again or at all in fact. hope everything is okay now.

[fred-mouse.livejournal.com]

aiii. sorry to hear that this has happened again. hope that you are recovered from it, and from the trip. And that Vinnie has bounced back as well.