We have had limited Internet here on campus in Missouri so I have not been able to update the most recent pics and news. We had a very eventful day yesterday so I wanted to update you all on that but also update you on our Worldview Adventure as we are at the end of week #2. First, about yesterday... Andrew started running a high fever on Tuesday evening and it continued into Wednesday. We took him into an urgent care center in the morning and they didn't really find anything that was wrong with him but gave him an antibiotic just in case there was an infection somewhere. We had since the night before been trying to get his fever down with Tylenol and liquids. At 3pm on Wednesday he had a 3-5 min seizure. It really came out of nowhere, we figure that his fever just spiked really fast and his body responded in that way. It really was the scariest thing to go through in my entire life. I called 911 and just carried him to the dorm lobby where 2 police men met me and Drew. He was shaking all over and his eyes were rolled back. After he was done he just laid there totally spent. If the police were not there checking his pulse I would have probably been freaking out even more at that point but they told me he was just fine. he then took his first ambulance ride (mine too) and we proceeded to the hospital who got him stable and began to do tests. All the tests were fine and did not result in finding the source of the fever or seizure. After two failed attempts to get spinal fluid from a spinal tap (I did not watch them do this) they recommended that he be transferred to the children's hospital 1hr away. We found out that it was the 2ND best children's hospital in the nation! So after ambulance ride number 2 we arrived there and we learned a lot about seizures. We are so thankful to have gotten the wisdom and information about them and it makes them less scary. It is not abnormal for kids 6months -6 years to get seizures from a sudden spike in temperature. We also found out that they do not cause any brain damage and are really not harmful to the child, just scary. So, all in all. Drew is fine, we are still fighting the fever and he is still fighting whatever virus he has. besides the high fever (still) he really is doing well, he is finally sleeping well, eating and drinking some and is showing his personality when he has awake time. We are just so thankful for the support that we received through this episode and are to thankful for God's providence and protection.
Okay, although what has been happening has taken up a lot of attention, we really have been having a great time on the road. We were in Oklahoma last week for staff training and it was really a blast to spend time with the staff and drew loved practicing his walking and getting all kinds of attention. over the weekend we went to a baseball game in Kansas City, Kansas. Although it was hat, I mean very hot, we all had fun. It is really nice to go places with the staff because they like to take Drew and give him attention which frees us to spend time with the staff and each other.
These are pics of the game and of our happy boy.
We got some family pics done just a month or so ago in Oregon with my side of the family (Lane) and we got them in last week and I wanted to post some, they are so cute...
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