This is when life took a turn.
I had a seizure that started just before 9pm. It really scared everyone, so they called 911. It is a good thing they did, because my seizure wasn't stopping. It finally stopped after we were in the ambulance on our way to the hospital, and the paramedic had given me 2 doses of medicine to stop it.
Unfortunately, sometime during my seizure, I aspirated on my saliva. This meant my breathing was not effective, and I was getting sicker. They tried to suction out my throat, but I didn't tolerate that, and just stopped breathing. They then had to intubate me and put me on a ventilator. It took them 8 tries to get the tube in because my vocal cords were clamped shut.
This is when they told mommy and daddy they needed to transfer me. They wanted to transfer me to Milwaukee, but mommy convinced the doctors to call mayo clinic.
Thankfully mayo sent over a team of nurses and a respiratory therapist on an airplane to come and get me. So daddy, uncle Travis, auntie Alissa, grandma Anita, and great aunt Meghan started driving to Rochester so they could meet us there. Around 3 in the morning, mommy, me, and the mayo team started our trip from neenah to rochester. We rode in an ambulance to the airport, then boarded a 8 person jet. The flight took 35 minutes. We got to Rochester and an ambulance took us to mayo. We got to the hospital about 430. Nana peg and papa Jeff were there waiting for us. Daddy and the crew got there about a half hour later.
After they took x-rays and drew blood it was time to wait. About 9:30 they started weaning me off all of the drugs to let me wake up. By noon I was extubated. No more tube! Mommy says it was sad to see me fight the tube while I was waking up.
By 3pm was transferred out of the ICU. I was doing great and everyone was relieved. Auntie jenny and uncle jeremy came to check on me. Now maybe everyone could get some sleep. The Winneconne crew went home before they were to tired to drive. Everyone else left shortly afterand mommy and daddy tried to sleep. I had other things to say about that! I did finally go to sleep :) just wanted mommy and daddy to know I wasn't giving up.
We celebrated New Years in the hospital. We could have gone home, but I was still really drowsy, and mom and dad were not comfortable with that.
Tuesday morning we headed home. When we got home daddy and I napped on the couch.
Wednesday came and went. Wednesday night I choked on my spit and it scared the crap out of my mommy!
The next morning mommy called the doctor. They wanted to see me because they were afraid I might have aspirated again. So back to Rochester we went. When we got to the pediatrician's I spiked a temp.
So to the ER we went. Chest X-ray, Tylenol, and admitted again for observation.
Pictures from the week.
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