I only work one day a week, not even a day really. 6 hours tops! That is enough
with 4 kids and a household to run. I managed 2 shifts when there were 3 kids
but I know I'm not Super mum and I do not want to run myself down. I very rarely ring in sick, even if the kids are a little off I know they are in perfectly capable hands with my mother. But I did it, I called in for a day off. Told my DON that I was in real need of a mental health day! I'm in real need of a mental health week, month, year!
We as a family, have had a huge week, early on our 2 littlies had colds and viral infections. Then the seizure drama with our Princess, which she seems to have gotten over. Mr Crankypants and I on the other hand, haven't! We have gone from being quite laid back, relaxed type parents to overbearing paranoid freakazoids!! Even the 2 year old is copying us, calling out to his sister "are you OK A?" instead of "quiet A!". And now to top it all off, our big boy the teen has a cold and it is having a party with his asthma!
I need to scream!! Or punch someone (I have a few people in mind)!
So it is looking like my mental health day won't be spent relaxing and taking in/making sense of the drama that has unfolded but much of the same everyday business that I tend too..........washing, cleaning, cooking, washing and cleaning some more etc
Still I don't have to get up extra early, or leave the house! The pyjamas WILL be staying on :)
Kel :) xx
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Saturday, August 4, 2012
The unknown!
We had a scare last night, a BIG scare! We found our Princess on her bedroom floor, limp and unable to move :( we tried rousing her but all she could manage was to follow us with her eyes!
She had been in the shower 10 minutes prior and had dried herself and had wrapped the towel around her head. Does not remember a thing apart from sitting on her bed.
An ambulance was promptly called while we sat with her calmly calling her name, crying and even though I don't believe in God, praying!
As an enrolled nurse everything about this screamed alarm bells. The word 'stroke' kept springing to mind but would not be said out loud in fear of
Mr Crankypants really losing his cool.
Turned out our Princess was having a seizure, a first, and I couldn't pick it. We were rushed into the children's hospital with a swap from paramedic to MICA along the way. She seized so badly in the MICA that they had to pull over to get the drip into her arm and then had to assist her with breathing. At this stage I was sitting in the front, everything feeling unrealistic.
She continued to seize at the hospital and they were about to intubate her for a CT scan when she woke up! So relieved that no ventilation was required :) and her CT scan came back clear.
After a few hours Princess was sitting up in bed, talking with no recollection of what had happened to her. She has been her normal self since. Because of this the Doctors think its likely that this could happen again :(
So now we are in some warped type of limbo. We will be prepared with what is necessary to deal with the seizures but will need to keep a vigilant eye on her. She really won't like us cramping her style!!
Further tests in a few weeks when things may have settled down may give us some answers but for now we just have to play a waiting game.
Kel :) xx
**apologies for any spelling errors, still a little frazzled!!
She had been in the shower 10 minutes prior and had dried herself and had wrapped the towel around her head. Does not remember a thing apart from sitting on her bed.
An ambulance was promptly called while we sat with her calmly calling her name, crying and even though I don't believe in God, praying!
As an enrolled nurse everything about this screamed alarm bells. The word 'stroke' kept springing to mind but would not be said out loud in fear of
Mr Crankypants really losing his cool.
Turned out our Princess was having a seizure, a first, and I couldn't pick it. We were rushed into the children's hospital with a swap from paramedic to MICA along the way. She seized so badly in the MICA that they had to pull over to get the drip into her arm and then had to assist her with breathing. At this stage I was sitting in the front, everything feeling unrealistic.
She continued to seize at the hospital and they were about to intubate her for a CT scan when she woke up! So relieved that no ventilation was required :) and her CT scan came back clear.
After a few hours Princess was sitting up in bed, talking with no recollection of what had happened to her. She has been her normal self since. Because of this the Doctors think its likely that this could happen again :(
So now we are in some warped type of limbo. We will be prepared with what is necessary to deal with the seizures but will need to keep a vigilant eye on her. She really won't like us cramping her style!!
Further tests in a few weeks when things may have settled down may give us some answers but for now we just have to play a waiting game.
Kel :) xx
**apologies for any spelling errors, still a little frazzled!!
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