Life in a hospital

Samuel slept mostly in our arms. He just wanted to be as far away from the doctors and nurses as he could. He liked our last nurse, Emily, and her blue gloves. But the minute they said we could go, we ran.

Some funny things Samuel did while in the hospital...

*He saw baby wipes in his crib Monday night and opened them, pulled one out and started wiping the crib and toys down...somebody has an OCD mommy who uses clorox wipes A LOT

*When he woke up he called for Joshua, like he always does

*He loved seeing nurse, EMily's blue gloves and had to have them if the nurses wanted to even touch him

*Yelled mommies name whenever I wasn't present

*After he was feeling better he wanted to be up and about. He took off all his leads constantly and was always tangling himself up with all the cords he had attached to him

*Waved bye-bye to the nurses when they left

Febrile Seizures for Samuel

Father'day was all planned. But everyone except dad was sick. Samuel woke up with a high fever at 4am that morning and had his first seizure. Matt took him to our local hospitals ER where they treated his fever and gave him a shot of antibiotics because they thought he might have ear infection.

I went to church and Matt stAyed home with they boys. He called me and said Samuel was seizing and his fever was back. We called his primary care doctor and she told us to go tonashville and have him admitted to the ER at Vanderbilt. Samuel seized a few more times in the car on the way up.

At the ER they decided to test for meningitis sopoor Samuel had to have a spinal tap. Test come back good but they wanted to keep him over night for observation.

At about 8pm he had a bigger seizure that lasted 2-3 minutes and had to be given drugs to stop the seizing. From there we were moved down to the PICU for observation.

He had a CT and a EEG and everything came back clear. They wanted us to stay until Tuesday to make sure he was okay.

Staying in the hospital was hard. Especially because I have a sinus infection. Long nights for a sick mommy was rough. But I'm glad we have had excellent care.

I'm also incredibly grateful for all our friends and family! We are so blessed to have people who care and love us.

Hopefully this never happens again.

Joshua showing people how the trains work at the hospital. Oddly enough he did teach some guest how to use them.

Trophies, friends, and more Zoo

Just some random photos that I love. Life is good. Soccer is over and best of all, everyone received a trophy.

We went to the Zoo, again. And of course they both wore their long-sleeved BYU shirts. We were going to take advantage of the mid 70s weather cold front!

And did I mention we have the best neighbors? Brooke you are amazing! And your family is so adorable!

Today was a really good day.