I don't even know where to start with this post. I guess at the beginning. On January 23, my sister made me an Auntie! Thomas Victor came into the world 2 weeks early, and very healthy! Trevor and I had decided a week prior, to plan a trip to Martensville to visit my parents, and surprise my Mom. Being able to meet little Thomas was just the icing on the cake! We had a wonderful visit and loved spending time with everyone and snuggling a little baby again. We left Winnipeg on Friday, and planned to come home on Monday. Due to a blizzard, and really bad road conditions, we weren't able to leave until Wednesday. That morning, around 4, my mom was woke up by Chloe, who had a really high fever. After some Tylenol, and some snuggling, her fever was gone. When we left Martensville around 11 am, it wasn't even noticeable. As a side note, she was not acting sick at all, she was eating, drinking, talking, and playing normally. Our trip was going really well. Chloe was telling us when she had to pee (we had her potty chair in the van). We were about 40 minutes past Regina, and had just stopped for a potty break. A couple minutes later, I noticed that it smelled like puke. We turned around and noticed that something was wrong. Trevor pulled over and tried to get Chloe to look at him. She couldn't. Her eyes were glazed over and she just stared straight ahead. Luckily we were at a turnaround on the highway, so we used it, headed back toward Regina and called 911. We drove for 25 minutes before we met up with the Ambulance they sent out for us. The whole time, horrible thoughts ran through my head. We had no clue what was going on with her, or if we'd be going home with the same little girl or with a little girl at all. Once we were in the ambulance, and they started taking care of her, the worries began to decrease. It turns out that it was a Febrile Seizure. After blood work and a urine sample, We know that it wasn't caused by anything we need to worry about, just a simple virus. We spent the night in Regina, and finished up our trip home yesterday. While the remainder was eventless, it was terrifying nonetheless. All either of us could think about was what had happened the day before. But it has opened our eyes to extremely blessed we are, and different ways that we are missing out on this blessing. Because of that, I am taking a break from the world of the internet. I've come to realise that there is nothing on here that is more important than my world at home. I'll be on every now and then to check things out, but if you don't here from me, you know why. Before I sign off, could you please pray about a couple of things for us.
1) When they ran Chloe's bloodwork, they discovered that she is sort of anemic. I say sort of because only her hemoglobin was low, not her iron along with it. We are being referred to a pediatrician here in Winnipeg. Please pray the things will work themselves out and that it won't be anything major.
2) Please pray for Trevor and I. We are having a lot of trouble with being haunted by the image of Chloe in her seizure state, and worrying about the what ifs of what could have been and the results of her bloodwork.
I will update again when we get the results from her pediatrician and I will still periodically post pictures of Chloe when we have our new camera.
For now,
Cindi
1) When they ran Chloe's bloodwork, they discovered that she is sort of anemic. I say sort of because only her hemoglobin was low, not her iron along with it. We are being referred to a pediatrician here in Winnipeg. Please pray the things will work themselves out and that it won't be anything major.
2) Please pray for Trevor and I. We are having a lot of trouble with being haunted by the image of Chloe in her seizure state, and worrying about the what ifs of what could have been and the results of her bloodwork.
I will update again when we get the results from her pediatrician and I will still periodically post pictures of Chloe when we have our new camera.
For now,
Cindi
7 comments:
Thanks for posting this. Now I can just direct people to your blog when they ask what happened.
We are sooooo thankful that she is OK. We will be praying for the anemic situation. Rudy from our church said today that we will ask for complete healing in the name of Jesus and then believe that He will take care of it.
Love you all
MOM
Yes we are definitely praying for your family. I can't imagine how scary that must have been. We are just thankful that she is ok.
Thanks for posting.
Hey Cindi! I am so glad Chloe is ok. I can't even imagine. It makes me cry thinking about your little girl and you guys in that situation. I will pray the pediatrician will you give you good news. I agree, I think the Internet takes too much of our time. Enjoy your family time! Take care:)
Oh my goodness, Cindi. That would have been so terrifying, I can't even imagine. I hope that she is alright!
Glad to hear that you are back in Winnipeg without further incident. We will be praying that she will regain all her health...hugs to you guys.
Man, that must have been terrifying!! We'll be praying. I know how you feel about the internet. It seems since Grandpa passed away, that I just couldn't be bothered. I check things out, I read a lot about everyone, but I'm just not on nearly as much. We'll be praying for you guys and your upcoming doctors visit. Love you!
Hi cindi. I'm sorry to hear about the troubles with little Chloe, but also happy to hear that things aren't too serious...I will be praying for you, and waiting with anticipation to hear about the results. We serve an awesome God, and I will be praying that you and Trevor will be able to turn your eyes on Him and forget about that awful day....God is faithful and HE will provide that for you!!! Also, thanks for signin' up for the contest..I hope you win too! (Especially because I could hand deliver it, and get a chance to hang out!!!)
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