A BIG SCARE!!!

Thank you Lord, that my sweet baby boy is sleeping peacefully in his crib and that he is okay!

Wednesday, I had the biggest scare of my life. The day began just like any other day, Clay got the kids up, feed them and got Evan ready for school. I got up and spent a little time with Evan and Clay before they were off to school and work. I later put the babies down for a morning nap and Clay called and asked me if I was going to Pilates at the Y. I told him that I had forgotten about it for some reason so I was glad that he called. I got the babies up, got them dressed, let them play for a bit and off to the Y we went. The babies were both in great moods and were excited to be going bye-bye.

I dropped the babies off at Play Class at the gym and went into the next room for Pilates. After about 40 minutes of Pilates, I could hear some yelling outside the room. Then Casey, one of the girls that works up from came running in to get me. I wasn't really scared, I just thought that Elijah was crying and they couldn't get him to calm down or something so he needed Mommy.

I walked out of the door and saw him. Someone (I have no idea who because I was so focused on him) handed him to me and he was completely lifeless with his eyes closed and he was blue with darker blue lips! Oh my God, the fear that set into me!!! I thought, "What happened, did he choke, what do I do, am I losing my baby?, all sorts of things flashed into my mind. A friend of mine is a Baby Nurse at Northside hospital and she was in class with me, so I immediately yelled and motioned for her to come. Everyone jumped up from class and she came running out and took Elijah from me. Her instant reaction was that he had choked also, so she began hitting him on the back. Even though he didn't choke this was good because his month was full of saliva and a lot came out. She laid him down and realized that he was having a seizure.

My body was frozen, I wanted to grab my baby so badly, but I knew that I couldn't so I stayed way back. I remember yelling, "Call 911, Call 911" and everyone telling me that Casey was already on the phone with them. I also remember asking Kaija if he was breathing and she said that he was, but from the look on her face I didn't know if I should believe her or not. Another nurse was in there with him also, she told me that his pulse was good. I gave my phone to Luly, who runs the Y and told her to call Clay...I couldn't do it. I couldn't make the call! Praise the Lord that he answered the phone, he doesn't know why he did. He was with a customer and he never answers a call from me if he's with a customer. Mary Evans grabbed my around my shoulders and held on to me. I remember feeling like I needed her hands to hold me so I asked her to walk towards him with me.

I kept hearing the two nurses telling him to cry. We want him to cry they would say, but he wouldn't cry. I sat down on the floor next to him and rubbed his head and started talking to him, but he was still non responsive and his eyes were closed, but his color was starting to come back some. As I talked to him, he soon started to barely grunt a little bit which made me feel better.

I sent Mary in to get my shoes because I knew I would be leaving when the ambulance arrived. Just then the paramedics came in. Clay got there at the exact same time as the ambulance and firetruck drove up. He was so scared, thinking OMG this is for my baby! He ran in and was tripped up as a fireman tried to hold him back, which caused him to tear a hole in his suit pants. Luely yelled, it's okay, he's dad, he's dad!!! So they let him get by.

They all rushed in and cleared the room, the EMT immediately picked him up and carried him into the ambulance. They took his diaper off, took his temp, and began giving him oxygen which they asked me to hold over his face. His temperature was 103.9!!! The EMT said that it would have been higher than that when he began to seize. They gave me a dose of Motrin and asked me to give it to him, since he would probably take it better from me anyway. The EMT explained to me that he had a Febrile Seizure and that was the body's way of reacting to get the fever down. The seizure happens when the temperature shoots up so fast.

Clay called his mom to come get Ella so we could go in the ambulance with Elijah. Once they got him stable they told us it was time to go and asked where we wanted to go. The choice was simple, Egleston. I'm going to Egleston with my baby not Newton. Sidenote: Newton is a great hospital, but Egleston is a Children's Hospital in Atlanta.

I began to feel a little bit safer and calmer. It seemed like a long ride up there, but it wasn't.

The Lord so had his hands on Elijah and for that I am so thankful! I had forgotten about Pilates and Clay called and asked me if I'd left yet so I rushed to get us ready. Thank you Lord that I was in town at the Y and not at home, far from the hospital. Thank you Lord that there were two Pediatric Nurses in class with me who worked with Elijah until the EMTs got there. Thank you Lord for having Clay answer his cell phone while he was with a customer, when he never does that. Thank you Lord for the people who had a part in helping us care for him. Thank you for all of our family and friends who prayed for us. Thank you Lord for my precious baby boy. Please protect my sweet babies and keep them healthy. Amen