Madison had a seizure at day care.
She was sitting at the table eating lunch when her entire body turned blue and she started shaking. She wouldn't respond to my voice or me touching her, so I called for the director to come see her. She walked in the room and told me to take her the emergency room. Madison has had a fever since last Thursday that had been fluctuating throughout the day. Mornings would be great, afternoons would be bad, then nights were fine.
Well we don't have insurance so I drove her to the Lonestar Circle of Care clinic here in Round Rock. I walked in, bawling my eyes out holding a blue baby who's eyes were rolling in the back of her head and they called their triage nurse. She took her temp and it was 104.5, she told me 'She needs to go to Dells children hospital', she gave me a map but I wasn't in any mind state to drive, I was hysterical just crying. I had called Tim's mother on the way to LSCoC, and when I walked out her and michelle were there, so she drove Madison and I quickly down there.
We got there, they brought her back and her temp was 104.9, and still climbing. They gave her motrin and took her BPM, it was 180. They wanted to run three tests on her to rule out certain things it could be. A flu test, that was negative, a xray to rule out pneumonia, it wasn't, then a catheter to see if it was a bladder infection. It wasn't.
The doctor said it is most likely a virus that she can't shake. He said the seizure she had at school was probably caused by the fact that her fever peaked so quickly to 104.5 from 100s. We've been instructed that if it happens again this weekend, to bring her back in to be admitted to the hospital.
While writing that, ^^^, Madison woke up and her fever has gone back up from the low 100s, back up to 102.6...
Edited to add: They basically don't know what is wrong with her, and the doctor admitted that. He said that they can't tell what it is.
Friday, September 18, 2009
Friday, September 4, 2009
New adventure
So as many of you know, the girls and myself are on a new adventure...
the girls are now in pre-school and I am now working again.
I filled out an online inquiry for employment on the Stepping Stone School website, well I got a call back and had an interview on Monday (8/31), the initial interview went great and they told me to report to a school, #15, on Tuesday for my second interview. It would be an hour long and I could take my girls.
So on Tuesday I went and Mackenzie went to her own class and Madison came with me into the 2s class while I watched one of the teachers. After my hour of observing I went and talked to the director where she told me I had the job if I wanted it and that they would be calling me.
So on Wednesday I got the phone call telling me that orientation would be on Thursday and that I could drop my girls off at their school while I attended it. So Thursday morning I woke up bright and early (5:45am) and got dressed then woke up the girls and got them ready. I took the girls to their school and of course there were tears. Mackenzie was exhausted because she woke up so darn early, in fact she even told me "Mom, it's too early for this nonsense, I want to go back to bed." It was cute. Madison was a complete wreck, I knew she would be. That child is attached to me 24/7.
I attended orientation and then raced back to pickup my girls, eager to hear the stories Mackenzie would have. I showed up smack dab in the middle of nap time..but of course my kids were the only children awake during nap time in their classrooms. ::sigh:: shocker.
Well today was my training day, so once again I dropped the girls off at their school..where both were screaming this time when I left them. This behavior is crazy for Mackenzie who rarely has separation issues. In fact I don't remember her ever crying because we weren't there. That was pretty upset, but Kelti, I did what you told me too, both days! I gave them a kiss, told them bye..then turned and walked out. I didn't go back when they started crying.
I was to attend training in Austin and as I had ended up late to orientation on Thursday I decided to give myself more time to get down there through traffic. Well, my luck..no traffic..so I was an hour early!! This would work to my benefit in the long run. I was suppose to show up at 8:30 and leave at 12:00 to report to my school at 1:30 where I would finish my day. I didn't take money or pack a lunch because I had planned on swinging by the house and grabbing a bite before going to my school...well they told me around 9 that I would stay there the whole day. This kinda screwed up my plan, but the director ended up buying me lunch, how sweet. I ended up helping in a 10-15 month classroom and those kids were too sweet. Besides the snotty noses..and crankiness at nap time..it was very enjoyable. Well since I had showed up an hour early, it meant I got to leave an hour early..so at 4:30 I got in the car, drove to pick up Tim from work and we went to get our girls. We went and got the girls from their rooms and they clung to us til we put them in their car seats. Tim hadn't seen their school yet, so this was the perfect opportunity for him to see it seeing as beginning Tuesday I will just take them when I leave work.
That's right, I said it...I start at my new school on Tuesday. I'm so very excited and I hope that this isn't a too good to be true kinda thing, because doing this will help keep the girls and I busy through this first separation in our military life. Keep your fingers crossed!
(I didn't go back and read through to see if it made any sense..so if anything sounds weird...that's why. That and people kept talking to me while I was writing it)
the girls are now in pre-school and I am now working again.
I filled out an online inquiry for employment on the Stepping Stone School website, well I got a call back and had an interview on Monday (8/31), the initial interview went great and they told me to report to a school, #15, on Tuesday for my second interview. It would be an hour long and I could take my girls.
So on Tuesday I went and Mackenzie went to her own class and Madison came with me into the 2s class while I watched one of the teachers. After my hour of observing I went and talked to the director where she told me I had the job if I wanted it and that they would be calling me.
So on Wednesday I got the phone call telling me that orientation would be on Thursday and that I could drop my girls off at their school while I attended it. So Thursday morning I woke up bright and early (5:45am) and got dressed then woke up the girls and got them ready. I took the girls to their school and of course there were tears. Mackenzie was exhausted because she woke up so darn early, in fact she even told me "Mom, it's too early for this nonsense, I want to go back to bed." It was cute. Madison was a complete wreck, I knew she would be. That child is attached to me 24/7.
I attended orientation and then raced back to pickup my girls, eager to hear the stories Mackenzie would have. I showed up smack dab in the middle of nap time..but of course my kids were the only children awake during nap time in their classrooms. ::sigh:: shocker.
Well today was my training day, so once again I dropped the girls off at their school..where both were screaming this time when I left them. This behavior is crazy for Mackenzie who rarely has separation issues. In fact I don't remember her ever crying because we weren't there. That was pretty upset, but Kelti, I did what you told me too, both days! I gave them a kiss, told them bye..then turned and walked out. I didn't go back when they started crying.
I was to attend training in Austin and as I had ended up late to orientation on Thursday I decided to give myself more time to get down there through traffic. Well, my luck..no traffic..so I was an hour early!! This would work to my benefit in the long run. I was suppose to show up at 8:30 and leave at 12:00 to report to my school at 1:30 where I would finish my day. I didn't take money or pack a lunch because I had planned on swinging by the house and grabbing a bite before going to my school...well they told me around 9 that I would stay there the whole day. This kinda screwed up my plan, but the director ended up buying me lunch, how sweet. I ended up helping in a 10-15 month classroom and those kids were too sweet. Besides the snotty noses..and crankiness at nap time..it was very enjoyable. Well since I had showed up an hour early, it meant I got to leave an hour early..so at 4:30 I got in the car, drove to pick up Tim from work and we went to get our girls. We went and got the girls from their rooms and they clung to us til we put them in their car seats. Tim hadn't seen their school yet, so this was the perfect opportunity for him to see it seeing as beginning Tuesday I will just take them when I leave work.
That's right, I said it...I start at my new school on Tuesday. I'm so very excited and I hope that this isn't a too good to be true kinda thing, because doing this will help keep the girls and I busy through this first separation in our military life. Keep your fingers crossed!
(I didn't go back and read through to see if it made any sense..so if anything sounds weird...that's why. That and people kept talking to me while I was writing it)
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