yesterday, our little family took a lovely outing down to one of our regional parks. we had a wonderful time together, enjoying the outside, before the latest rain storm arrived. we took with us a slightly feverish finn and kept our outing short, so we could get him home for a good nap.on the way home, during one of our routine checks on the kids in the backseat, i noticed finn bug-eyed and shaking uncontrollably in his carseat. he was having a seizure. mike pulled off to the side of the freeway very quickly, got finn out of his carseat, and i called 911. finn's eyes glazed over and his breathing became shallow and apneatic. this was scariest moment of my parental life. he became listless and unfocused, but was breathing better by the time the paramedics arrived. he was taken by ambulance to the nearest hospital where he was thoroughly checked, treated, and discharged as having had a febrile seizure. this means his temperature spiked rapidly to a level higher than his little body could handle and his body hit the reset button.
today, he is tired, still feverish, but being closely monitored by his very loving (incredibly amazing through it all) big sister, and his worried, very lucky parents.
i think this was a lesson in love, luck, and the preciousness of life for us. i wish i could be more eloquent at this moment, but the experience (although apparently not abnormal for babies and toddlers) was incredibly emotional for me, so i am trying to resist the floodgates.
this wraps up my one word project for february, using the word love. i still have a collection of photos i intended to use, and as you can tell, i wasn't consistent about doing this daily (this is posting 17 and there were 28 days in february!), but we have entered march, so i will move on. what a fun way to slow down blogging for a month. and now, welcome, march!
