The Scariest Thing Ever

Payton gave Bryan and I the scare of our lives this past weekend! We went to Madie's cheerleading game, then came home for Madie and I to change because she had a pool party with the cheerleading squad. Well, Bryan and Payton decided to stay home to do lunch and nap time. We had been at the party for about two hours when Bryan called and said that Payton had woke up from her nap, they went to Home Depot, and when they got home she began to run a fever of 101.2, so I told him what the dosage was on the Tylenol and we would be home shortly. When we got home she still had a low grade fever, and an hour later began throwing up. So at this point we were still treating it as a virus that we would see if it ran it's course, and make sure she didn't get dehydrated. So we all had dinner and Payton and I were sitting on the couch and I told Bryan I wanted to give her about ten more minutes before we put her to bed to make sure she didn't throw up again. Meantime I took her temp and it was 99.9. About five minutes later she said she had to go potty so Bryan took her, and I went in there and she was shaking so I felt her and she was on fire. I took her temp and it was 102.8, so I called the nurse. Typically I wouldn't call for a fever like that but she was starting to act really strange, was shaking uncontrollably, and it spiked FAST. Bryan thought the shaking was just chills. So while I was waiting on the nurse to call back I layed her down in our bed while Bryan ran her a lukewarm bath. All of a sudden she began to shake a lot more and her eyes rolled back, so I hollered for Bryan. It was over as quick as it started, and then she just couldn't keep her eyes open. I quickly took her temp again and it was already 104.4. It was only like five minutes after I had checked it and it was only 102.8. So the nurse just called, and I had already decided we were headed to Cook's, and she verified that is what she wanted. Madie was asleep so our neighbor came over to stay while my mom drove over. We got to the hospital and they took us right back, and it has risen even more. They gave her a double dose of Motrin, even though I had just given her some. Poor baby didn't fight anything, she just layed there, and if you know Payton that's strange. She has been sick before and still fought you, but not this time. So they drew blood, she urinated in a cup, and we waited. They came back and said her urinalysis was fine, and so was her blood work, so they don't know why she was running a high fever. They said she had a febrile seizure due to her temp rising so quickly. They are completely harmless, but that they are glad we came in because they needed to make sure that's all it was. So after several hours her fever had gone back down to 99.9 again. They gave her a half of a Zofran for nausea, and a shot in each leg of an antibiotic. She was a champ at the hospital, she was very cooperative, and seemed to understand that these things had to be done. We went home with really not a lot of answers, but I felt better because they got the fever to go down, and verified it was only a febrile seizure. We let her sleep with us that night because I was afraid of it happening again and me not being right there. So we got to bed about 3:30 am, then awoke to her vomiting again at 5:30 am with another fever, 102.2. I was so nervous, but it never got above that, we gave her medicine and she fell back asleep. I on the other hand had to fun to Wal-Mart because we had just used our last dose of medicine. Madie came in the room at 7:30 am, but was so helpful when we told her what happened and that we needed some sleep. I had picked up donuts for her at 5:30, since that's our Sunday ritual, and she just ate those, read and watched cartoons. Payton felt a lot better and began to eat some on Sunday, but she is still just really tired. We followed up with her doctor yesterday, and they are going to review the hospital's lab work, and see us just to make sure everything is okay. I knew kids could have seizures due to a high fever, but Madie has ran a high fever and it has never happened, so it really caught us off guard. Our girls are very rarely sick, but when they get it, it seems to be a doozy. I will update again after we hear back from her doctor!