Just wanted to add my good thoughts as well. Here’s to hoping everything for the entire family gets better immediately and permanently. I’ll keep you all in my heart.
I’d just like to add that I’ve always heard fever-related seizure tent to be one-offs, too. Ear infections can seem much worse than they really are. A kid can go through vomiting, fever, evan seizures without any lasting repercussions at all.
I’ve had a fair bit of experiance with dealing with a brain-damaged child. My heart goes out to the whole family. Even if nothing more comes of this episode, it must be incrediably scarey.
I wish I’d seen this thread earlier - I just came back from a Retreat with 300+ members of my church! I’ll ask as many as I can catch up with to pray for you. I just took a bit of time and prayed myself. Hang in there.
Love, zoogirl (Ann)
Prayers sent. I hope everything turns out okay.
Zenster,
88% of North Dakota is with you right now. I haven’t been able to call the other 2 folks (12%). They’re phone is out right now. . .
Tripler
Seriously though, good thoughts and prayers are on their way.
Sending my best wishes to you, AlohaAloha, and to your family. I’m pleased to read Ian and little Noah are improving, and that your sister is in good spirits…I hope she continues to find strength. Take care.
Ian and Noah and the entire family are in my thoughts and prayers. And I’ll echo dropzone’s faith in the resiliency of the human brain.
Zenster, you are a good man. Glad to see you posting again!
God bless, alohaaloha and family. You’re in my prayers.
Prayers and best wishes are offered from me as well. I am subscribing to this thread, and am hoping for continued improvement for little Ian and Noah.
From a medical standpoint, I know what the family is experiencing, and I applaud their strength and faith. In my opinion, that’s half the battle.
Zenster, you are a wonderful person and a blessing to SDMB!
Q
Best wishes and strong prayers for Ian and Noah plus for their parents too!
Having just gone thru a bout of Guilllain Barre [mr Kiffa] and an emergency appendectomy [kittette # 3] within the last month, I can attest to the fact that support to the family is key to creating a positive recovery. Positive thoughts, best wishes, prayers by individuals, prayer groups, prayer wheels, prayer chains etc are powerful. Thanks, Zenster for organizing this.
this is my most comforting thought
“beautiful lord, wonderful saviour
i know for sure all of my days are
held in your hands, crafted into
your perfect plan.” (it’s a song and i’m not sure who wrote it)
I know that those precious little ones are in God’s hands and so are their parents.
all my prayers and love
I have an update on Noah and Ian…
First, I received the following in an e-mail from Jenny on Friday, 6-20-03:
“Please post a thank you for me on that straightdope.com telling them how much I appreciate their sentiments. It really means a great deal to me.”
From all our family, as well as Jenny, thank you so much for your your well wishes.
Ian’s MRI results came back this week…they were fine. We are hoping, as stated on the thread a few times, that the seizure will be a “one-off”.
Noah had an EEG Thursday-no results yet. He also had an eye appointment and they said the nerves in his eye are smaller than what they should be and that this could probably cause some vision impairment but not sure how much yet.
The doctor also said the fact that his eyes “wander” and are not focusing is not a normal thing for a baby his age either. He is going to pull the MRI he had taken in January and look at it again.
Again, thank you for the prayers, thoughts, chants, songs, and good vibes. Keep them coming!!
AlohaAloha
Good thoughts are coming your way from the Gohousehold.
TroubleAgain: As you can see from the update, Ian’s seizure may well have been a one-off. Let us all hope so.
hopefool: Your heartfelt good wishes are much appreciated.
zoogirl: Thank you for your prayers. While your entire church group may not have participated, I know your wishes are sincere. Thank you for sharing your personal experience and reassurances. If your church has a prayer chain, please consider posting a notice for baby Noah. The little tyke isn’t out of the woods quite yet.
KCSuze: Thanks for your prayers. Things are most definitely looking up for both children.
Tripler: Thanks for rallying the entire state. You must be exhausted, so grab a cold one for me. I still owe you some music CDs, so please send me a mailing address when you have the time.
Necromancer: I just chatted with Aloha Aloha and will be visiting her later today. I’ll be sure to extend your good thoughts personally. I wish you could been at my friend’s party to see the book he fabricated. A dead knockoff of the regular series, this one was titled: “The Necronomicon for Dummies.” I know you would have loved it.
brachyrynchos: Dahling! Bubbileh! I haven’t seen much of your posting around here for a while. I’d really appreciate it if you could cobble up a semi-technical update in this forum concerning your avian work. WNV is something more people need to be aware of. You have both my thanks for your well wishing and my admiration for the important and risky work you are doing in the field. I’m so glad to hear that your brother-in-law is doing much better. I started a little thread for your sister but I know she was probably too concerned with family matters to reply in it.
Super Gnat: Thanks for your prayers. Each one helps, as you can see from the update above.
Quasimodem: Your kind words mean a lot to me. It tore me up to know that you couldn’t be back in Germany for your Uncle’s funeral. I’ll repeat what I said before. Those phone calls you made to him stood for ten times more than any attendance when he was gone. Please ease your heart knowing that you did the best and most right thing. Put together all of your memories to share with your relatives during a later visit. I know they’ll appreciate it a lot.
kiffa: Thank you for dropping in here. I am very grateful that you took the time to let me know that all is better in your own household. I’m sure there were many more than me who were concerned. I hope you got a chance to peek at your thread a while back. Most of all, thank you for the emails. I’m so glad there was a happy ending to everything.
thecat: Welcome aboard(s), thecat. Thank you for placing one of your first posts here. It was very thoughtful of you to reply with those words.
gobear: Thanks for getting the whole family involved. You’re a good man to do so.
Everybody, as you can see from Aloha Aloha’s update, her sister has had a chance to review all of your good thoughts, prayers and well wishing. I want all of you to be very proud of your actions. In a time of darkness, all of you did your best to shed the light of love in your hearts. I am immensely pleased that folks of all stripes showed up here. It serves as a reminder that (to quote Ayn Rand); “Underneath the skin we are all brothers, and I’d skin humanity alive to prove it!”
I hope that gets a giggle out of y’all. Please know that you have my intense gratitude for taking time out of your lives and posting here for some strangers you have never met. I think the world just got a little smaller in a really good way. Please, none of you ever be afraid to email me and let me know how I may ever be of help in a time of need. It would be my personal pleasure to be of any assistance that I could.
All the Best,
Chris