Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Prayers for our Family Please

We had a scare on Sunday afternoon at home: Ali went limp and just sort of blanked out into a stare and we needed to call 911. By the time the ambulance arrived (very quickly) she had snapped out of it but was very clingy and tired acting. They took her to the ER at Akron's Children and while seemingly getting back to normal in the ER she had a more traditional seizure-type event and was admitted. Over the course of the next 12 hours, they did a CT, EEG, and EKG - all coming back normal (a praise). We had a consult with a pediatric neurologist who described these two events as seizure like activity, but not able to be clinically diagnosed as such because no supporting evidence came back from the EEG (no way to pin-point problem or direct potential treatment). She was discharged last night with instructions for us to keep a close watch on her and instruction on what to do in the event another seizure occurs. Basically, we may be either at the start of identifying some type of seizure disorder, or alternatively (and hopefully) it may have been a fluke neurological event that never happens again. Please pray for (1) the Lord's hand of protection on Allison to protect her from seizures and/or negative outcomes from them and (2) comfort for Sara and I through this and for us to trust in the Lord's protection of his children - especially at night as we necessarily aren't able to watch her every second - this is the time we feel most nervous and especially need to let go and trust God.

7 comments:

Heidi said...

Wow, what a scary experience! I will lift Allison up in pray!! I will also be praying for you as parents for a sense of peace as you trust her into God's hands, especially at night time!

Aunt Karen and Uncle Dan said...

We've been praying and have had lots of friends and family praying on Dan's side. Hope Ali gets her package soon - I am so pumped. I did not get to include a card so make sure she knows it is for being such a big girl in the hospital and being so brave! We love you guys!

Karen K said...

We are praying:o) Love you guys and hope it is a restful week and weekend for you.

sbharnish said...

wow....scary for sure! I will be praying for Ali, and for YOU as you try to trust God in this. Have you thought of purchasing a video monitor for at night? It might help you to not worry so much knowing that you could check on her easily throughout the night.

Sara said...

Becky...Curt had it installed before we got home from the hospital! We think along the same lines. Thanks for the prayers!

Jen said...

I'm just now catching up on blog-reading & am late on this, but we'll definitely keep you guys in our prayers.

lees said...

We will definitely be praying for you guys and little Allison.