About Abby....

I apologize for not posting anything for awhile. 2008 has started out very eventful for us. The best news is that our baby turned one on the 8th. I will post some pictures and some more on that in another post in just a minute.

The bad news is that Abby had another seizure the night before SKylar's birthday. It happened just as quick as all of the others and really took us by surprise because she hasn't had one in almost two years and as they get closer to 5 or 6 they are supposed to outgrow them. We had deluded ourselves into thinking that stage of our lives was over. I tell ya, never let your guard down with these kiddos. I will spare you all of the details except that we went through two ambulance rides, two hospitals in two states in just a few hours. We ended up at Children's Mercy in KC again. The doctors there did a bunch of neuro tests and determined that they are nearly 100% certain that it is the same old thing as before. They said it is not completely abnormal for someone with a history like hers to go for awhile and then all of the sudden have a recurrance. Yeah, huh? Because she did go for two years without one and she is almost five they thought it was worth bringing her back for a full EEG just to make sure.

So, last Thursday my dad came and stayed with the other two while Jamy, Abby and I headed to KC. THanks Dad!! We stayed at the Ronald McDonald house right next door to the hospital as we had to keep her up until midnight and then wake her at 4 am and keep her up for her appointment at 9:15 am Friday morning. Whoever thought up that test obviously does not have small children. She did fantastic though and we await test results sometime around next Thursday. I will let you all know what they say. So say a prayer for a completely normal brain!

Saturday morning she woke up and said her tummy hurt. As the day went on she kept getting worse and worse. Finally at about 5:30 pm she barfed. Then she barfed again and then again. She didn't have a fever but we loaded her up on Tylenol just to hopefully keep her from spiking one. Today she seems better. STill not eating but much perkier, no sign of fever and no puke. Yeah!

So there you go. SHe hasn't been sick in almost two years and now she seems to catch crud whereever she goes. The same thing happened that winter that she had those seizures before so I am wondering if they just knock down her immunity somewhat. The good news is that she is starting to understand that when she sucks her thumb she puts "icky bugs" in her mouth that make her sick. We have seen lots less thumb sucking the last couple of days!! Between the busted lip a few weeks ago and the puke yesterday maybe we can get her broke of the bad habit!

I will keep you posted.....