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We spent a very horrible weekend in the hospital with Mia this past weekend.  Here is a copy of the emails I sent out to update my friends.  I’m still a wreck from it all.

     (This is Sat. 5/16/09)

>>Hi Ladies - Mia gave us quite a scare last night.  It was the annual crawfish boil at Nancy's house and the day started very normally.  Mike went golfing in the am and Mia and I hit the park then the toy store to buy a birthday gift.  She acted completely normal.  We went home, had lunch and she napped from 12-3.  I woke her to get her dressed as we were attending a birthday party before the boil (at the same location).  Mia started acting a little funny around 4.  There were a lot of kids, it was hot and so she was clingy to both Mike and I as well as getting more and more whiney as the day progressed.  By 7 she was in my lap, starting to doze and was totally asleep by 7:30 in my arms.  I thought she felt a little hot but my Mom touched her and thought she was OK so I did not consider she was getting sick.  At approx. 8 pm Mia went completely limp in my arms.  I thought she was dead.  I jumped up with her and turned to my Mom and said "there is something wrong with her", my Mom scooped her from me, yelled dial 911 and Mia was in a grand mal seizure.  The seizure lasted the entire 5-6 minutes that we waited for the ambulance and stopped as they pulled up to Nancy's house.  I remember very little from these minutes but clearly remember thinking, "God, please don't take her.  We are just getting started".  Mia was unresponsive but was breathing shallow ( my main concern was that she was breathing).  They put us in the ambulance, gave Mia oxygen and a wet towel for her back to start cooling her down.  It was obvious at this point that she did have a fever.  The hospital took us right in, noted her temp at 102.5 (high, but not crazy high for a baby) and gave Mia Motrin.  We spent 2 hours there and her temp went down a degree per hour.  They diagnosed what she had as a febrile seizure.  It is very common and benign.  She will need to be closely monitored till she is about 7 as the re-accurance is likely with another high fever.  We were released and Mia slept with Mommy in the big bed last night.  I have been giving her Motrin, then tylenol every 3 hours as her temperature is still hovering around 100.  She is definitely fighting something.  The hospital noted that her throat is red and she might have strap.  She vomited twice last night and has been pretty quiet today.  We were all overjoyed to see her personality a bit this afternoon (i was happy to hear her little voice at 5 am saying "Mommy, I in your bed, I eat?  I eat Cheerios?")  So we had Cheerios in bed at 5 am and it was so nice.