Dancing with Meds

Lily still has a cough, but her temperature is back down to normal, so the cold is on the mend. That's the good news. But then, this morning, while taking her meds, she started to cough and vomited some of her seizure medications. It wasn't enough to again administer all of her meds, but I figured we would see some breakthrough seizures...but unsure because it's impossible to tell how much she's lost. Sure enough, after being unable to sleep during her afternoon nap time, she had a huge seizure at 4:30pm. I always hate seizures; there isn't a seizure that happens that doesn't hurt a little~~even years later, but the ones I really despise are the strong ones. Her face turns bright red, her breathing becomes shallow and rapid, her eyes dilate, her little arms slightly shake, and she lets out a soft, uncomfortable moan that sends your adrenaline into overdrive. These are the seizures you really have to time and intently monitor her breathing, and I just never know how long or intense it will become. Fortunately, although strong, it only lasted about 30 seconds. 30 seconds can feel like long time.... It was also obvious how strong it was because she was immediately so tired and went straight to sleep. I really hope that this will be a one time thing, and that she ingested enough of her seizure meds to keep the scary ones at bay. All I can do is watch and wait and administer emergency meds if I see another one at this severity. Boy, it's gonna be a very long night...How could I sleep?