It's not perfect, heck we're not even all looking at the camera...but we're all in one picture so I guess it will have to do!
To say that our lives have been crazy lately would be putting it lightly...
Shortly after these pictures were taken on Saturday, Charu took a two hour nap (although she already had a nap earlier). This was out of the ordinary and upon waking up she wasn't quite herself, but I just chalked it up to a lot of new people being around and maybe she was a little overstimulated. She didn't feel warm or seem to be sick, she was just overly cuddly and somewhat crabby. After about a half an hour, Charu asked to go back inside the house. I walked in with her in my arms and looked at her. She wouldn't make eye contact with me and was completely glazed over. I yelled for Cory telling him something was wrong and we ran out of the house to the car to head to the local ER only 6-7 blocks away. On the way vomit began pouring out of her nose and Charu began to have a febrile seizure. I knew what they were because I had a student in my class once that was thought to have them and Cory also had them when he was little. Once we arrived in the ER, they administered a drug to stop the seizure and decided to transfer her by ambulance to a Children's hospital about 2 hours away. Once in Sioux Falls, the tests began. They did a CAT scan, spinal tap, bloodwork, and lots of other tests. Although febrile (not sure if I'm spelling that right and too tired to look it up) seizures are not uncommon with children from 6 months to 4 years of age, the fact that she wasn't sick prior to the hour or two prior to her seizure and with the fact that we don't have much medical information about her birth family the doctors really wanted to make sure they covered all of their bases. In the end, they are thinking it was either some time of bacterial infection or it was a nasty virus that caused her high temp which caused the vomiting and the seizure. We pray that the doctors are right and that the temp was the reason for the seizure. We were finally able to get out of the hospital yesterday and it feels really good to be home.
We are all beyond exhausted at this point...
Charu seems to be feeling better, but I can see that we are struggling with some of the behaviors that we saw when we first arrived home from India. This little peanut has had so many tests and things done to her and although they were necessary, how on Earth could she possibly understand that?! I think she needs to be reminded that we love her, will protect her, and that she can trust us again. Not an easy task when you have a little girl who is as spicy as she is!
It will come...
Shortly after these pictures were taken on Saturday, Charu took a two hour nap (although she already had a nap earlier). This was out of the ordinary and upon waking up she wasn't quite herself, but I just chalked it up to a lot of new people being around and maybe she was a little overstimulated. She didn't feel warm or seem to be sick, she was just overly cuddly and somewhat crabby. After about a half an hour, Charu asked to go back inside the house. I walked in with her in my arms and looked at her. She wouldn't make eye contact with me and was completely glazed over. I yelled for Cory telling him something was wrong and we ran out of the house to the car to head to the local ER only 6-7 blocks away. On the way vomit began pouring out of her nose and Charu began to have a febrile seizure. I knew what they were because I had a student in my class once that was thought to have them and Cory also had them when he was little. Once we arrived in the ER, they administered a drug to stop the seizure and decided to transfer her by ambulance to a Children's hospital about 2 hours away. Once in Sioux Falls, the tests began. They did a CAT scan, spinal tap, bloodwork, and lots of other tests. Although febrile (not sure if I'm spelling that right and too tired to look it up) seizures are not uncommon with children from 6 months to 4 years of age, the fact that she wasn't sick prior to the hour or two prior to her seizure and with the fact that we don't have much medical information about her birth family the doctors really wanted to make sure they covered all of their bases. In the end, they are thinking it was either some time of bacterial infection or it was a nasty virus that caused her high temp which caused the vomiting and the seizure. We pray that the doctors are right and that the temp was the reason for the seizure. We were finally able to get out of the hospital yesterday and it feels really good to be home.
We are all beyond exhausted at this point...
Charu seems to be feeling better, but I can see that we are struggling with some of the behaviors that we saw when we first arrived home from India. This little peanut has had so many tests and things done to her and although they were necessary, how on Earth could she possibly understand that?! I think she needs to be reminded that we love her, will protect her, and that she can trust us again. Not an easy task when you have a little girl who is as spicy as she is!
It will come...
