Update on Dylan

I thought that I should update my blog since its been so long. If you are reading this I am sure you know a little bit about what happened on our way to Gulf Shores. We were about 12 hours into the drive, mid Alabama, and Dylan had a seizure on the side of the highway. It all happened so fast yet in slow motion. Once we noticed that he was not responding Tim called 911 while I was in the backseat trying to figure out what was going on. The police, ambulance and firemen were all there within about 10 minutes. The ambulance took Dylan and me to the nearest hospital, which was about 20 miles away. It was also one of the best children's hospital in the country, the Lord was watching over us and the whole situation was in His control. The EMT's were amazing and stayed with me until Tim was able to make it to the hospital. My brother happened to be only 4 miles behind us at that time, so he drove Tim to the hospital. Which meant that there was people to take care of the girls while we were with Dylan. His seizure lasted about 1 hour and he got double the dose of the medication to stop the seizure which made him extremely sleepy. It took him 6 hours to wake up. The longest, scariest 6 hours of my life. We didnt know why he wasnt waking up and when he wakes up would he be the same little boy that we knew? So many questions, a lot of prayers and many tears later he woke up. The first words out of his mouth were a very slow and slurred "are we in gulf shores?" It took a while before he was with it enough to recognize us and talk a little more. He was put into Special Care Unit for most of that day and then to a normal room for the night. That night was really stressful since he was not yet back to himself, he was confused, restless, hallucinating a bit and just wanted to leave. It one point he even pulled out his IV, which then he had to get another one. We got to leave the next morning and head to gulf shores with my parents who drove from there to get us. Dylan still was very "drugged" not real sturdy on his feet and still a little confused.

We had a real hard time letting him out of our sight and still do. I know that I will never forget what happened but I know the fear will go away a little bit. Its hard to see it right now but it must have happened for a reason, maybe it not only affected our family but all of those who were around us in Alabama. We ask for your prayers that it doesnt happen again.

He is scheduled for an EEG next friday, from there we will go to a neurologist for follow up. But until then we have a busy weekend of celebrating his 5th birthday! This birthday is really special to us, for obvious reasons. He is such a blessing to our family and we love him SO much!!