December 11, 2006

December 11, 2006 at 04:38 PM CST

Monday morning 11:37. I'm finally getting a chance to update our Abby
page. I'll try to make the events of the past few days short.
Friday night, ER visit due to concerning symptoms
Saturday morning Abby had a strange looking seizure not looking like her
typical seizure. It lasted more than 30 minutes and we had to give her
Diastat, her emergency med. We met Dr. Mike at the ER where they ran
some tests and gave her some antibiotics. She had a fever of 104 Friday
night along with more seizures. Her fever was 104 Saturday morning also
which was probably the reason for the long seizure. Her wbc count was
higher than we hoped, so her neurosurgeon was consulted and we all
decided it would be better for her to be at Children's in Birmingham for
observation.
The neurosurgeon spoke with us in the ER and explained that he wanted to
observe Abby for a few days and watch her get better while being
monitored. He also said she would definately have to have the shunt
repaired soon. She was dehydrated so they have been giving her IV
fluids. He hoped we could do surgery today or tomorrow. Unfortunately
she isn't doing any better and is still funning a fever... this morning
it was 103.7. She feels terrible and is still very aggitated.
Now we are waiting for the pediatricians to come see her and try to
figure out if the fever is due to a virus or something else. We are
praying that her body will heal and her fever will go away so she can
have her shunt repaired and we can go home without worrying about
watching her for signs of brain problems.
We are blown away by all the wonderful support you have all given us.
Thank you to our special friends who drove down to spend the afternoon
with us...you'll never know how much that meant! Our Church family who
have made us feel so loved. Your prayers are so important to us and we
feel God's hand on our family.
"Our God is so BIG, so Strong and so Mighty there's nothing our God can
not do!" (one of my favorite child hood songs.. I still sing it. :)