Macey's ER visit

So, the sunday after the last post Macey had a febrile seizure. The night before she was really hot. We gave her some tylenol and Aaron brought her into bed with us. I went to sleep in the spare bed to avoid being kicked all night long. In the morning I had just gotten Jacob out of bed and changed him when Aaron yelled for me to come into our room. I hurried in and saw Macey having a seizure. Having had experience with this before with Jocelyn (and my nephew) I knew it was a febrile seizure and we began taking off her jammies to cool her down. I felt I was keeping pretty calm until she stopped breathing. I turned her on her side assuming her tongue was blocking her airway. She wouldn't breathe. She turned blue and then gray. Aaron was in the kitchen getting a cold washcloth when I started screaming for him to call 911. His cell was dead, and the home phone wasn't working. I grabbed her and told him that we needed to take her to the ER (we live only a few blocks away and figured we'd get her there quicker than they could get to us). We couldn't find the keys to the van! I opened the garage door and ran her out to the freezing cold air. I learned that morning how desperate your prayers can get when you're praying for your child you think is dying in your arms. She was completely limp and grey. Suddenly she tried to inhale. She foamed at the mouth. My sister Allyson who lived in the basement heard the commotion and came upstairs. She gave Aaron her keys and we took her car to the ER. Luckily it was early on a sunday in Utah so the roads were void of traffic. We ran stop signs and screeched into the hospital. Aaron ran her inside while I drove to park and then ran in. We both had bare feet and I only had on a robe. They gave her oxygen, IV, x-rays, medicine and ran tests on her. They explained what we already expected, that it was a febrile seizure. They ran tests on her blood and told us her white count was high. Now let me explain, the only thing I associate with high white count is leukemia. For about five minutes I worried about this, praying and dying inside. I'm so sorry to all those parents who experience that. It was like we were living in a nightmare, in slow motion. Finally the doctor came in and I asked him about it. He quickly told me that her white count wasn't THAT high and she was probably just fighting an infection. What a relief! My dad came down and he and Aaron gave her a blessing. She stayed in the ER for an hour or so and then they let us come home with instructions to keep her fever down. That's one day I never, ever want to relive.

She liked her pretty, pink "bracelet" she got there.

They loaned me some scrubs and socks to put on. She was very tired after the whole ordeal and slept a lot that day.

Here is the hospital gown they put on her and let her wear home since she came in with only a diaper on. It's so sad they even have to make these gowns in this size!

Aaron asked her what she remembered about her trip to the ER. She didn't even know what the bandage was for on her hand. She didn't recall them giving her an IV or anything else that happened there. I'm so grateful for the priesthood and that Aaron and my dad were there and worthy to use it. What a comfort it is to know that we have the power of God at our sides. Think about it for a minute. It's amazing!

Our little Macey-Moo. We're so blessed and happy to have you in our lives! Glad you're still with us!

Catching Up

Well, since I haven't blogged since May, I have a lot to catch up on. I've been dreading this, but I finally started today. I need SEVERAL more pictures for our Sharp Family Reunion. When I get them I'll add those. I still need to do Olivia's 7th Birthday, Aaron's 30th Birthday, Jocelyn's 4th Birthday and so on. Wow, this is going to take forever!

On top of that I have so much updating to do. We've moved again! We're in American Fork now. We love our new ward. Aaron's a primary teacher. He was Olivia's but now that it's a new year he's got Makell in his class. They are both in school now and loving it. It was so hard for me to let them go at first but now I'm so grateful they're there since I've been helping Aaron out after he seriously injured his back (for the second time) about a week and a half ago. It's been hurting him since the Sharp reunion back in July. Initially it was hurt wakeboarding and then made even worse after shingling a roof. He had to have several MRI's where they've discovered he has a large cyst on his vertebrae. It didn't respond to the needle treatment they did to remove it so they said if it didn't get better he'd need surgery and possibly need to remove a disc that had bulged and fuse his vertebrae together. Sounds like fun, huh? He's been making himself work as much as he can since then but recently brought an inversion table home hoping it would help. Well, it only made things worse. The first time he tried it it really messed something up. My sister and I had to help him off where upon he collapsed to the floor. He wasn't able to move because of the pain for two hours. He said it was like the worst charley-horse you could imagine that wouldn't go away. I ran and got him a muscle relaxer and ice. He couldn't even roll to ice it. He sobbed. I had never seen him in pain like that. I've never seen anyone in pain like that. It was horrible. I called his back doctor and he said to call 911. The ambulance came, which scared the kids because they thought he was dying. It was awful. Anyway, they stayed with him for a half hour and said to call if he still couldn't move in another hour. They said it would cause him too much pain to strap him to the gurney and drive to the hospital just to be told that he has a hurt back. He was in the initial stages of shock so I put some blankets on him and we waited it out. 2 hours later he made it into bed and didn't leave it for two days, other than to the bathroom. He's still there most of the day. He's scheduled for surgery February 8th and I guess he'll be living on painkillers until then. Such a crazy time right now!!!

Christmas was fun. We spent it in Idaho although we left the camera in the van until Christmas morning so it was too cold to take pictures. We managed a few later on and I'll get around to posting them sooner or later. Anyway, if anyone is still reading this and wouldn't mind, please keep us in your prayers. We sure could use them. It's an unsure time for us although we still have great faith that even all of this is Heavenly Father's will and eventually we'll understand it. We know that this too will pass and hopefully soon we'll be back to life as usual. It really could be so much worse, so we're grateful for good health, a wonderful marriage and great kids, and all the help from so many family members and friends here. This time is made so much easier by all of you so thank you so, so much. We love you all!