Well its bound to happen.. Anytime you let a kids run around in the yard barefooted in the south, they are apt to get bitten by something right?? Were thinking he got into some fire ants and is having some sort of allergic reaction to the bite. That explains the swelling but not too sure on the bruising?? Anyway, were watching it closely and hopefully his foot will return to its normal size without doctors intervention... We did dose him with Benedryl ( which can lower seizures threshold) but as my beautiful wife said... " so maybe he has one or two extra seizures... lets get his foot back to its normal size"
Which also reminds me of a conversation we had not too long ago. It was an evening and Allison were both getting in from work and as always " the question" is asked.. So... how many seizures did Dawson have today?? On this particular evening the question was asked very casually and the answer was 5 seizures.. My response was a bit celebratory and I remember saying ALRIGHT!!! and then it hit me...... and I laughed to myself... Have we really become so accustomed to seizures that I am going to celebrate only having five seizures today?? Thinking back to two years ago, if you would have tried to tell me that one day I would be happy that my son only had five seizures in one day, I would have called you crazy!!! But I guess that's really where we are... Happy that it was only five and not 25.
I guess as time goes by we have certainly become numb to the "number" of seizures he has a day. He has good days and he has bad days. We celebrate and praise god on the those good days. Although we don't celebrate, we're a work in progress on still praising God on the bad days too.. Almost 3 years into the battle we have indeed become a little numb to the number, but we still find it impossible to find any numbness whatsoever in watching him have these things.. The seizures he had in my arms today was just as painful as the first one I ever saw him have. I don't think that will ever go away. There is nothing that can numb watching your child have seizures. No numbness for the damage they do. But there is HOPE!! and HOPE is what we hold on to daily.
Thanks to all of you who pray for us
Jeff and Allison
2 comments:
It's a crazy life we lead. Some days "I'm used to it". Some days...I wish I were back in Africa...where things were so easy! Laughing around the tongue in my cheek.
((((((hugs))))))))
Your family is loved and prayed for...and there is a Plan. We'll understand it all someday...
...danielle
ps. hope D's little foot is feeling better!
Fire ants do the same thing to me. If it doesn't go down in a couple of days I would head to the doc. But it often resolves itself.
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