Tonight, Reagan did really well at karate. She's starting to really improve and listen much better. Sensei let me know that he was bragging on her because he hadn't seen me in a while and I would have been impressed with her during class time.
Yea Reagan!
Monday, February 10, 2014
Dress-up time
Tonight, Reagan led Maddy downstairs to get dressed up. Normally, she doesn't dress up herself. She just puts stuff on Maddy. Tonight, she came upstairs all decked out herself in her glasses, crown and shawl. They were hilarious. They both dressed up and put together a whole dance for us to watch. :)
Choking!
Oh. My. Gosh. I've never had to do a finger sweep on my baby, but tonight I did. I gave her a couple dried apricots and she put them in her mouth and took off. I told her not to walk around, but she didn't listen. She came back into the kitchen a minute later with terror on her face. She was choking. Holy Cow! I was wondering if I was going to have to do the Heimlich, but quickly noticed she had a GOB of food in her mouth and I could do the finger sweep. She was crying by the time I got it out. Talk about scaring the heck out of her mama.
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Rough day with puppy boy
So today has been rough again. Carson had a seizure at midnight. Jim and I quickly moved to get him bathed and us back into bed. He seemed fine the rest of the evening. We kept him in his crate and he rested well. This morning, he had three additional seizures all by 1:00 PM.
Now he's doped up on valium and on additional doses of medication hoping to break the clustering of seizures. I'm really scared.
Update from today: He's had six seizures today. Each one progressively makes him less steady on his feet. The last one was at 9:30 pm or so. We gave him some more valium and are praying he has a restful evening.
Now he's doped up on valium and on additional doses of medication hoping to break the clustering of seizures. I'm really scared.
Update from today: He's had six seizures today. Each one progressively makes him less steady on his feet. The last one was at 9:30 pm or so. We gave him some more valium and are praying he has a restful evening.
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Seizures again
Last night was a bit rough for us. Carson fell asleep on the couch next to me and I woke up to him falling off the couch in a seizure. This was about 2:45 am. Ugh. The good thing is that it was relatively short and he seemed to come out of it easily.
Fast forward a bit - we bathed him and got him calmed down and went back to bed around 4:00 am. We invited him up in our bed. Of course he sleeps next to me on my pillow. He woke up at 5:00 am in another seizure. Ugh. Now we are freaked out. It was very short this time, but still it's scary.
So we got him settled down again and then, because he wouldn't stop whinning, we let him out. That's when our night got worse. He took off. Literally. Left our yard. We had forgotten to put back on his collar, but he's been outside without his collar before and never left. He's trained.
So Jim comes in the bedroom at 5:30 and says "I can't find Carson". Really!? I am not thinking it's a big deal yet, but after some quick looking, we realized that he was just gone. And because he's never left before and his recent seizure, we have no idea what he'd do or where he'd go.
Jim walked our entire neighborhood looking for him in the blackness of night. Flashlight in one hand, phone in the other. Sigh. I stood outside the garage door from time to time with Sydney hoping he'd smell her or hear her and come home. Nothing.
By 6:30, we were freaked out. He had walked all the way down our street and our section. He walked down past my parents. No sight of him. I encouraged him to get into the car and start driving. Who know where he was at this point. It had been almost an hour. It's cold and dark out. The temps were low and the streets were iced over.
He took off and within 15 minutes, he had a phone call from a neighbor saying he was over off Nelson. Wow. He took a really good long walk. Jim found him prancing around. Thank God he was fine. Just wet mostly.
But he's home.
Fast forward a bit - we bathed him and got him calmed down and went back to bed around 4:00 am. We invited him up in our bed. Of course he sleeps next to me on my pillow. He woke up at 5:00 am in another seizure. Ugh. Now we are freaked out. It was very short this time, but still it's scary.
So we got him settled down again and then, because he wouldn't stop whinning, we let him out. That's when our night got worse. He took off. Literally. Left our yard. We had forgotten to put back on his collar, but he's been outside without his collar before and never left. He's trained.
So Jim comes in the bedroom at 5:30 and says "I can't find Carson". Really!? I am not thinking it's a big deal yet, but after some quick looking, we realized that he was just gone. And because he's never left before and his recent seizure, we have no idea what he'd do or where he'd go.
Jim walked our entire neighborhood looking for him in the blackness of night. Flashlight in one hand, phone in the other. Sigh. I stood outside the garage door from time to time with Sydney hoping he'd smell her or hear her and come home. Nothing.
By 6:30, we were freaked out. He had walked all the way down our street and our section. He walked down past my parents. No sight of him. I encouraged him to get into the car and start driving. Who know where he was at this point. It had been almost an hour. It's cold and dark out. The temps were low and the streets were iced over.
He took off and within 15 minutes, he had a phone call from a neighbor saying he was over off Nelson. Wow. He took a really good long walk. Jim found him prancing around. Thank God he was fine. Just wet mostly.
But he's home.
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Maddy is goofy
Maddy cracks us up constantly. She is the perfect three-year old. She is a non-stop talker, mover and shaker - almost literally. She must have your undivided attention when you are around. She demands it. Tonight, all the adults were doing something abmormal - we were all focused on the TV, not the kids. We watched the debate online and this caused some unrest with the kids. Reagan did pretty well with it - she's old enough to manage for a couple hours with her iPad. Maddy got restless pretty fast. That's when the entertainment started. She played with Reagan's cat cage toy, she wanted to fly (courtesy of Jim) and she wanted to be up int he air. She was not happy unless she was being juggled in the air. And boy is she loud. She just cracks up laughing when Jim uses her to do pushups or anything physical like that. Totally cute.
Reagan's head
Today, the girls got out of school early because of the crazy ice storm heading our way. My mom graciously said I could drop them off with her while I finished off my work day. When I went to pick them up, Reagan saw me from the front windows and took off running to open the door for me. Poor thing slipped and smacked her head into the chair or the window sill and got a nice nasty knot on her temple.
I know she was hurting because she asked for an ice pack. When I finally got her home and calmed down, she laid down with her ipad and the ice pack and didn't move for an hour. Poor thing.
I know she was hurting because she asked for an ice pack. When I finally got her home and calmed down, she laid down with her ipad and the ice pack and didn't move for an hour. Poor thing.
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