Play More!

I read on a very cute girls blog a new years resolution to play more with her kids. She has been making a special effort to do something fun and youthful each week with them. I loved this idea so much because I sometimes tend to be the kind of parent that thinks that what I think is fun should automatically be fun for my girls. Not always the case. So, it has been very fun to talk to Mckinley and watch Dolce to try to uncover what they think would be fun to do. One day, we went on a Doll walk with Dolls in strollers.(My doll was better.) Another day Mckinley told me that she wanted to make a "bunny house." Isn't it funny how we forget how easy it is to have fun? I can't wait to see what my little girls will come up with next.

My Valentine dress!

I know it's a bit late to be posting a Valentine dress picture. We got some upsetting news on Valentines day and I haven't felt motivated to post my dress pictures. But, here it is. I finished it in time to wear it to church on Sunday and I felt so handy to have made my own dress. I'm happy that it is a wrap dress. I'll be able to wear it throughout my pregnancy and also after. It was pretty challenging, there was a bit of unpicking required, but I'm happy with the result.

Back to Normal

In case any of you are still concerned that Dolce isn't back to her usual self after her seizure, perhaps this picture will set your mind at ease. (or concern you more? haha! She actually gets the rocking chair rocking before she does this. YIKES!) Sorry, the picture is a bit blurry.

Seizure

Although, I usually try to post positive things on my blog, I realize that a lot of our friends and family check on us through our blog and I wanted to reassure everyone that Dolce is doing just fine after her seizure. Thank you to everyone for your concern and kindness. We have felt a lot of love and care in the past few days.
This past Sunday while we were at church, David had taken Dolce out and after a few minutes, she was wanting to come back in and David stood in her way. She got really upset and layed down on the floor and the next thing David noticed was that her eyes had rolled back into her head, she was shaking and turning blue, she was having some weird breathing patterns, and her jaw was moving up and down like she was chewing something. David came and got me and I sent him down the street to get our car to take her to the hospital. By the time he got back, about 5 minutes later, she was still seizing and didn't stop until we were in the car. During the car ride she seemed to be in a postictal state and was unresponsive, although she was breathing.
At the Emergency room, an IV was started and Dolce was given Ativan while the Doctors and Nurses began their seizure protocol. This involved a lot of tests, beginning with a temperature check. Because febrile seizures are quite common and harmless in babies, it would have been good news to see a fever after a seizure. Dolce didn't have a fever so other tests had to be done including a chest x-ray and CT scan, blood and urine tests, and a lumbar puncture and culture. Dolce was also given Rocephen in case this could have been caused by Meningitis,( the Lumbar culture takes 72 hours,which would be a long time to let Meningitis go if it was present.)
Each of the tests came back normal, which felt very frightening because they weren't able to find the cause of the seizure. She was admitted to the hospital for more observation and our hope was to be able to have an MRI done that day. However, we found that Valley View doesn't do MRI's for babies under 3 years old and that we would have to go to ST. George to have it done and that it would be unlikely to be able to schedule it sooner than 2 weeks away. This was also the case with an EEG. (These tests most likely wont be recommended unless she has another seizure.)
We are home now, still without any diagnoses for what exactly happened. This has been very scary for us and we are watching her very closely at home. The good news is that she is acting very normally and has returned to her usual self. We're hoping to keep things pretty calm in our house for a while in case this may have been some sort of stimulus overload for her. She's also taking an antibiotic that will hopefully eliminate any sickness she might be fighting. (although her blood work didn't show any sign of infection.)
Thank you to everyone! We appreciate every prayer and gift of support that you have given. She's doing fine, and recovering back to the happy girl she is.