This has turned out to be a pretty crapy July 4th. After the Brandon parade this morning I got a call from Melissa saying Maddy had a seizure. I got down to the hospital as quickly as I could. Maddy had been having a great day. She walked around the floor without her walker, played a bunch of games with Melissa and colored. Then she felt like she was getting another migraine headache so the nurse got her a shot of immetrex. Maddy told Melissa she was seeing some flashes in front of her eyes, very common with a migraine I should know, and then before she knew it Maddy was seizing. She had three seizures before they could get her to the ICU. Dr. Rolf got to the hospital within minutes and the neurologist was there very fast too. They took her to ICU ad had to intubate her so she wouldn't aspirate during a seizure. The anti seizure meds finally started working and they knocked her out on propofol again while she is intubated.
Long story short Maddy is back in the ICU and intubated for at least the next 24 hours. They are doing tests to see what caused the seizures. They are treating for infection in the mean time to make sure they cover all the bases. They have done a CT scan and it came back normal. They are monitoring her on an EEG for the next 24 hours. So far the EEG looks ok but the neurologist can see three is something slightly off on the right side. They will do a spinal tap tomorrow and possibly and MRI soon as well. The neurologist said it's most likely some kind of infection so they will keep an eye in her and keep treating until they narrow it down. They want Maddy to rest so we are not going into the room. She always fights the sedation when she hears our voices. Not sure what is up yet but hoping this is just another little setback and she will be back to normal soon. She was supposed to be going home Friday. Not sure that will happen now...
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