Jeff assured me that they were doing fine and that he had already spoken to the same neurologist I had the day before. They were very pleased with her progress but wanted to wait on a couple more test results to come back before they discharged her. She was doing well, talking to him, playing with her new toys, and coloring pictures.
I got everything together that we would need in case we weren't discharged that day, then headed over to Dominika's again. Justin was going to spend the day playing with them again until we had a better idea of what was going on. By the time I got back to the hospital Norah and Jeff were finishing up lunch and it was great to see her showing such improvement.
Not long after my arrival we were informed that we would most likely be discharged within a few hours. Needless to say we were excited and beyond thrilled that they felt she was well enough to go home. They determined that she had picked up a virus* and it had caused her to run a fever. The fever however, spiked too quickly for her body to handle, sending her into a febrile seizure. This is actually quite common among children due to their brains immaturity, but thankfully by age six it's impossible to have them anymore. Febrile seizures normally only last between 90 seconds to five minutes, but her's lasted over 30 minutes, which classified it as a complex febrile seizure. We were informed that due to this event, she is now 30% more likely to have one again. I spoke with our pediatrician that morning and she told me that from now on we would much more aggressively treat her fevers to minimize the likelihood of it happening again. She was given a prescription that should stop a seizure if she has another one.
*We went to see our pediatrician two days later and during that visit she noticed a light rash all over Norah's back. She asked if Norah presented it in the hospital, which she didn't. The rash enabled her to diagnose the nasty little virus that put us through so much. She had contracted the Roseola virus which starts off as a high fever, then once the fever breaks, the patient has a light rash. Both kids have had this before, so it was startling that something seeminly so minor which we've already dealt with before could cause so much chaos and terror.
I got everything together that we would need in case we weren't discharged that day, then headed over to Dominika's again. Justin was going to spend the day playing with them again until we had a better idea of what was going on. By the time I got back to the hospital Norah and Jeff were finishing up lunch and it was great to see her showing such improvement.
Not long after my arrival we were informed that we would most likely be discharged within a few hours. Needless to say we were excited and beyond thrilled that they felt she was well enough to go home. They determined that she had picked up a virus* and it had caused her to run a fever. The fever however, spiked too quickly for her body to handle, sending her into a febrile seizure. This is actually quite common among children due to their brains immaturity, but thankfully by age six it's impossible to have them anymore. Febrile seizures normally only last between 90 seconds to five minutes, but her's lasted over 30 minutes, which classified it as a complex febrile seizure. We were informed that due to this event, she is now 30% more likely to have one again. I spoke with our pediatrician that morning and she told me that from now on we would much more aggressively treat her fevers to minimize the likelihood of it happening again. She was given a prescription that should stop a seizure if she has another one.
*We went to see our pediatrician two days later and during that visit she noticed a light rash all over Norah's back. She asked if Norah presented it in the hospital, which she didn't. The rash enabled her to diagnose the nasty little virus that put us through so much. She had contracted the Roseola virus which starts off as a high fever, then once the fever breaks, the patient has a light rash. Both kids have had this before, so it was startling that something seeminly so minor which we've already dealt with before could cause so much chaos and terror. 
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