I’m with lieu. Good thing I read fast or I’d have been a little blue myself. My niece is exactly that old, and I doubt I’d have handled that anywhere near as well as you. And I’ve kept up all my CPR stuff since I was a lifeguard way back when.
I’m so, so glad she’s okay.
I’m very glad she’s okay–and I’m glad you didn’t go through with the DIY tracheotomy. You never woulda heard the end of it.
Daniel
Scylle You’ve been one of my favorite posters for a long time because you are so unabashedly passionate about your wife and family. I can’t tell you how happy I am that your precious daughter is OK. All my best to you, your wife and your wonderful daughters.
and my apologies for mis-typing your name in that last post :smack:
Yowza!!! Fuck, double yowza i was freaked out just reading that!! <replacing heart back in chest> glad everything turned out ok
btw: buy her ice cream and a puppy!!!
Yikes! That was too scary. I applaud your level-headedness. Me, I would have dropped the child and ran down the street screaming.
Yes, your older kid is a hero.
number one daughter is quite something.
she alerted y’all, and listened and did exactly what you told her to. with everything going on she must have been one very scared little girl. seeing mom and dad so upset and worried. ambulance and emts. hospital worries. wow! that is a lot for a little girl to deal with.
i’m so glad bug is going to be okay. you and your women must be ready for some serious family hugging and ocean time.
This was in a Simpson’s episode.
Glad you little girl is OK. Sounds quite frightening. Have you checked family history for febrile seizures?
My brother had a febrile seizure when he was about a year old. He never had another one. No ill effects. My best friend’s son had one around the same age. He never had another one either; he’s fine.
The experience has got to be terrifying. You don’t know why they’re not breathing, you don’t know what you’re supposed to do. Ack!
Hubby and I both signed up last week for an Emergency First Aid Childcare / Infant and Child CPR course. Hopefully we’ll still remember it after the baby is born.
My SO knew someone whose baby checked out under similar circumstances – high fever plus a blotchy rash, the baby passed out and had labored breathing (I’m unclear on the details; it’s been a while). The parents talked to ENTs on the phone, and were told to get the baby to ER post-haste. The poor thing died en route. Some sort of meningitis IIRC. 
5 1/2. Bug is 15 mos.
Went tonight and got the Barbie Jeep, and am charging. Thank you all for the nice words, and I certainly don’t mind anybody pimping CPR classes, or EMT training.
What happened makes me want to volunteer. The more and more I think about this the deeper gratitude I have for that anonymous person on the other end of the 911 line who kept it together for me, and must have had the EMTs rolling within seconds of the call.
It was true professionalism and commitment. They were here in like 4 minutes, and it was an incredible relief to see my daughter in the hands of people who knew what they were doing.
Correction. I had a febrile seizure at 13 months.
I’m glad your bug is okay.
I don’t think I took a breath between the beginning of that story and the end. I’m so glad this turned out okay, and I’m sure you and your wife are more traumatized than the little ones. Definitely get yourselves the adult version of the Barbie Jeep, and I hope this is the last truly dramatic episode of your parenting adventures.
Goodness, that was chilling. I’m so sorry you had to go through that Scylla ! Talk about a parent’s worst nightmare. I’m so glad your Bug is okay!!
My son used to have them. He had his first at about 15 months (parents of young children and potential parents, about 3% of kids have febrile seizures - apparently MUCH more common in Asian kids - in Japan the rate is 10% - as Scylla said its a seizure that occurs with sudden onset of a fever). The whole experience was terrifying.
A small percentage of those kids have additional seizures. We had one more fever with seizures, this time a series of eight which ended him with a hospital admittance (although there wasn’t anything anyone could do, other than give him Valium which breaks the seizure cycle - and makes for a very amusing stoned toddler). When they admitted us to Children’s Hospital (two weeks before Christmas) the bed they had was on the children’s onocology ward. I learned a lot about how much I love my kids that day. He is now six and we haven’t seen another one since he was two.
(He is also the kid who managed to wander away at the playground and into the woods while we were dealing with my daughter and disappear for 30 minutes as a toddler. Parenting is the reason I color my hair).
I’m glad your daughter is all right.
Funny you should mention that. I was at the dealership the other day, checking out the Jenna Jameson Jeep. You should see the headlights on that thing.
That just doesn’t capture it, really. There is no word to describe the horrible, horrible feeling of holding your child in your arms and knowing that he is dying and that there is jack-shit you can do about it. In our son’s case, the seizure was obvious, so the tracheotomy never occurred to me.
I’m very glad I was wrong, and you were as well, Scylla.
Meh, seems like everyone’s taken that out for a test drive.
Glad to hear that everything is okay!
So glad little Bug is okay! I teared up too! And a special salute to Big Sis.
My older son had a febrile seizure at 5. He was grimacing and basically speaking nonsense for about a minute. Freaked us out and we sped to the emergency room but of course he was fine, just tired and feverish–his fever was not all that high but apparently he was prone to the seizure. We were told that it could happen again and watched for it, but it never did. Now he is a young man, taller than his dad, happy and healthy and I am sure Bug will be fine too.