Well just as we thought Sripathi was doing fine and all the good stuff suddenly on Monday the 10th he had a seizure at around 4:00pm and this time we were at Starbucks having chai after some work at Fedex all this happened with 20 minutes since we stepped out of the house. We hardly take him out when we have some work, Aravind does most of the 'going out' chore even grocery shopping.
We immediately got back home and Sripathi took a nap. When he woke up at 6:00pm, he felt warm and as expected he was running temperature of 101.7
So we gave him some cereal and Acetaminophen and put him back to sleep. We kept repeating his medicine every 4 hours. But things started getting out of hand. At around 1:09am he had another seizure. It was a short one, but then again at 1:16am he had another and this time he was screaming like he did the last time he was given the DTaP. I woke up Aravind and within seconds Sripathi stopped seizing.
But then again at 1:29am he had a similar seizure with all the screaming. I could not wait longer. A Diastat is recommended only if Sripathi's seizures last more than 5 minutes. But the scenario here was different. He was suffering with seizures in series. I asked Aravind to get the diastat and we immediately administered it rectally. But as usually he pooped immediately. So it’s obvious the medicine would have been excreted. But we decided to wait and see in the seizures would stop.
But no, it happened yet again at 1:40am I guess, so I gave him another diastat and this time also he pooped but not so immediately so we were praying at least some medicine would have entered his blood stream.
Well it worked and he finally stopped seizing and was in postical state and in sleep.
In the meantime his fever did not reduce and we kept up with the Acetaminophen.
And somehow dawn broke.
He seemed fine the fever going up and down based on when was due for another dose of Tylenol. But suddenly when he woke up at around 9:04am and as I went to pick him up to feed him some breakfast he again had a seizure at 9:06am which lasted somewhere around 30 secs.
That afternoon we had a scheduled appointment with his pediatrician for a vaccination. Obviously he was not given any shot. And the doctor tested his throat and nasal samples and said that he did not have any major infection and just asked us to continue the Acetaminophen every 4 to 6 hours.
But by evening he was okay, tired and all but still seemed okay.
But the night was difficult he could not sleep between 1:00am and 4:30am
And due to some infection or whatever I kept coughing between 1:30 and 3:30am
Poor Aravind was awake trying to put Sripathi to sleep while I was in the living room trying to figure out ways to control my cough.
The next day he was okay I mean really okay no fever no seizure!
But was not a happy baby, he seemed so dull and exhausted. He is still the same I would say. It’s Friday and he still seems not like is usual happy and all smiles baby.
Hope the beginning of Thai month brings back all his cheer for tomorrow and forever.
Happy Thai Pongal to all!!!
From this Thai, let our lives be filled with Bhakthi and as our Guruji says
Bhakthi is "Krupa Smaranam" Always Be Thankful to the GOD.
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