Seizure #7

Friday morning (June14) around 10 am Teydon had a seizure, lasting 2-2.5 min. He was playing outside with Dan, Dan heard the scream then brought him inside after it was over so he could rest. After cleaning him up, he had mud in his hands and all over him, he had the seizure in the flower bed, he feel asleep for 3+ hours. Once he was awake he was his normal self, it is always a huge relief to know that no damage was caused. The seizure itself doesn't cause any harm unless it lasts longer than 5 minutes, it's mainly where they happen that can cause harm. I'm pretty sure it causes more damage to mom and dad than to Teydon. Today we took Teyd to his nutritionist to see what caused this one and what we need to, can do. The test showed that he had another chemical relation to phosphate, found in fertilizers and pesticides. It wasn't necessarily something that he came in direct contact with it could've been something in the air, something with the wind that was used miles away. How do you control that!!!?? You can't. Teydon's body is allergic to phosphate and it attacks his nervous system, causing him to have a seizure. Others may get a migraine or pass out, he has a seizure. The timing of his reaction to it can either be immediate or if he just gets things in small doses it could take time to have a reaction, like his body can handle so much then once it hits that point it reacts with a seizure. Some things that we CAN do, if the wind blows take him inside, keep him away from phosphates (ex. Fertilizers in the store, away from plants at the store), no foods with a long shelf life-the preservatives they use have some of the same stuff as phosphate, stay way from foods with food dyes, leave doors and windows closed, get an air filter, no bug sprays and can't be around anyone using/spraying bug spray (use lavender instead), always wear shoes when he's outside- which is going to be my biggest challenge he hates wearing shoes and never leaves them on when outside. This is something that won't last forever eventually he'll grow out of it and his body will be able to defend, protect itself without a reaction. The drops that we are giving him, which went up a lot, are helping his body to be able to desensitize from the phosphate. And they help his body/brain to recover from the seizure and flush out the phosphate. Besides him having a reaction to phosphate his body is very healthy and strong, which I give credit to the drops. This winter when Dan and I got bad colds, sore throats he never got any of them, the only thing he got was the flu this spring. His immune system is very strong which I am so grateful for, we don't need sicknesses causing more problems. Hoping to have things under control and figured out SOON. 

With a sick kid you start to question your actions as a parent, wonder what your doing wrong, how do I make this go away, what's the best route to go, why my little boy, the questions go on and on. I wish I could say that I have them all answered. The saying Heavenly Father doesn't send us anything that we can't handle has given me so much comfort, though it doesn't take away the pain it does help. I need to work on having more faith in myself, easier said than done but something I can defiantly work on. I love being a mom but it sure is hard sometimes, especially being responsible for their well being. I know something's I can not control, which I wish I could control everything, I just have to do what I feel right and the best that I can. I love my Teydor bug so so much and only want whats best for him, not always sure exactly what that is but doing what I can. This trial I think is definitely shaping me into a better, stronger, mother, not a perfect one but a better one. Life can be so hard, challenging, but at the same time so rewarding. Teydon has the best personality and is so so much fun, he brings so much joy to many around us. He makes the difficult things more worth it and easier, especially when you think about and concentrate on those good moments. 

 

Providence Canyon

We took Dan's brother and his kids up Providence Canyon in the ARS unimog, to see the waterfalls. A little 2 hour trip turned into a 5. Once we got to the top of Prov. canyon the mog started to sputter and quit, come to find out the gage is stuck on full and we had no more diesel and no cell service. Good thing Dan had his radio and was able to call dispatch and get in contact with his brother in-law to bring us some fuel. So why we waited we hiked to the waterfalls. When we returned Dan and his brother decided to look in the gas cans attached to the mog to see if there was any fuel in them, not sure why they didn't do this earlier. One of them actually had some in it, but by this time his brother in-law was in the canyon without cell service, so figured 10 gallons is better than 5. When his brother in-law got there he ended up blowing some hose off of his truck and had to fix that and get water put in it. In the mean time we couldn't get the unimog to start again, it took us an hour to get it primed back up. Life is always full of eventful moments.

 

37 weeks and nursery pics

Had a dr. appt I am dilated to tight 2, only having braxton hicks contractions, though some are more intense than others still not much progress in the contraction area. Planning to be induced on June 24th. Still no name and at this point we are just waiting until he is here. Boy names are so hard, especially the second boy. Hoping him being here he will let us know what his name is supposed to be, really crossing my fingers on that one. The nursery, besides wall decor, a name would help with that, is all ready to go. My mom delivered the changing table and finished the bedding the weekend of the 8th and I was able to get everything organized that weekend. Besides emotionally and physically we are prepared for baby brother to be here. 

Baby oh baby!

Went to my 36 week checkup today and was checked, I am 1 cm dialated, 70% thinned out, and baby is in the head down position. Ready or not here comes baby! If he doesn't come on his own I don't think there will be any problems with being induced on June 24, that gives me 3 weeks to have been progressing more. The nursery will be totally finished this weekend, so hopefully holding off until it is. Now only if we had a name for the little guy then we would be SET! I have been a little more self conscious this pregnancy, more people have commented on my belly, which I know its a cute pregnant belly it's just hard when that is everyone's focus and they say how big it is. I guess I never went anywhere when I was pregnant with Teyd, cause I'm carrying just the same, or maybe being pregnant during the winter it was easier to cover up, hide the belly. Once I got over the morning/all day sickness which lasted 18 weeks, it has been a very easy pregnancy and have enjoyed it. I'm nervous and excited at the same time, excited to meet my little guy and to be done being pregnant, nervous for a new baby and 2 kids. I think Teyd will be an awesome brother and love it cause he's been so excited and involved with him this far but you never know. And it's been so easy to just pick up and go with a 3 yr old, babies take a little more planning. Super excited to snuggle a new born and for the new adventures he'll bring to our lives! Hoping things are as easy as they were with Teyd, he just fit in the family and it felt like he had been in our lives forever, we adjusted very well with him, hope its the same for this one. The last trimester has flown by and I can not believe it is June already and that the little guy could come any day. It feels like just yesterday I was telling Dan that we only had 10 weeks left and needed to come up with a name now we only have 3 or any day, CRaZy!!!! Life brings so many adventures! Life is great!! And so very blessed! 

Number 6

We were so close to hitting 8 months without a seizure. On Thursday April 25th between 10:40 and 11. Dan was in his room getting him to sleep when he went into a seizure the same stare and scream, Dan yelled for me to come in. Teydon was tense and convulsing, hands in a fist, eyes open and rolling back, drooling, and choking. It lasted just over 1 minute. Dan gave him a blessing and soon after he came out of it. What happened next freaked us out a little, instead of falling to sleep like he usually does he was awake and very disoriented. He kept reaching towards our faces and looking around with a blank stare, like he didnt know who we were or where he was at. If Dan or I moved he would follow us with his eyes. It took him a couple minutes to be able to say words that made sense, once he was understandable, he kept asking to go to his house. He asked about dads bed so we took him to our room, once there he was complaining that his tummy hurt, Dan grabbed him some bread and when I put it in his hands he asked if it was an airplane. Soon after he took a bite he started throwing up so I hurried him to the toilet, once he was done he was asking me what the toilet was. It was really scaring us so I left him with Dan and called my mom, my brother has epilepsy so I knew she would know if it was normal or not. All that he was doing my brother has done, we think where it had been almost 8 months since his last one that he has grown and developed a lot so the aftermath of the seizures are different, more grown up I guess. Talked to my brother a couple days later and he said it is very confusing coming out of a seizure, vision is blurry and you have no idea where you are at, your head feels blown up like a balloon. It gave us relief to know this was a normal reaction and not that the seizure had caused any damage, they say they don't cause damage unless they last longer than 5 mins or happen one right after the other. Though we wished to never experience another seizure we are truly blessed to have such an awesome little boy! We hope and pray that his body and brain can heal and grow out of this quickly. 

I took him to the nutritionist that next Tuesday for a test to see what was going on. The test showed that he had had a chemical reaction/allergic reaction to something in the air.  She asked about dairy farms near by and said a lot of people have been fertilizing so it could have been anything. His body didnt like whatever it was and reacted with a seizure. Yay for us, not! She said this is something that he can grow out of and eventually his body will desensitize from the drops and be able to do what the drops are doing by its self. Took him back 2 weeks later and everything had settled down and was back to normal, and some of his drops were cut back down. She said that kids flush and heal very quickly. We are also not to use bug spray on him this summer, use lavender or natural things instead. 

Life is so interesting and can throw us curve balls at any moment, I am so grateful for my Heavenly Father and my Savior Jesus Christ and the comfort, peace, and strength that they give me. I am also grateful for the support and love of family and friends. We are truly blessed! 

Teydon's Cutenesses and happenings!

Teydon LOVES magnets or maggets as he calls them, he has two tiny silver ones (probably total 1/2in put together) that he got from grandma Becky's, which came from Icon. Making them in short supply on our end. We lost one pair at papas and it was a pretty sad ordeal, you'd think he had lost his best friend. We had to call g. Becky and see if she could find anymore. We were lucky enough to be able to find two more one from g. Becky and one at our house.  Those being the last two both of us have, not sure what were gonna do if these ones get lost too. Guess we'll  be going to Icon. We tried replacing them with different kinds of magnets but he doesn't like them like he does his two silver ones. They have to go everywhere with us and they are in his hands constantly. They even got to bed with him, they are pretty strong little magnets and will connect through the sides of his bed, he tells them good night too. He even has had a couple bad dreams about losing them. He loves sticking them together and finding things that they stick too. He's always got something new that they are attached too and have to come with us too, the last couple days it's been a screw.  He also likes to clip them on his shirt or dads shirt. He uses his imagination to make them become other things; a gun, a key, screw driver, etc. Daddy has taught him some tricks with them; making one move on top of the table while one is underneath, using the magnetic pull to push or pull them away from each other, etc. 
It is so crazy the little things that he becomes attached to, things you would never think he would. He is so much fun and always keeping us entertained. 
It was so cute, the school bus stop is outside our house and mornings when Teyd is up in time he likes to watch out baby brothers window. The kids like to hang out by our window well, crazy kids, and BB's room is right by it. It's morning he was watching them and they didn't know that he was there even though he was yelling at them to get out of his house! After a few minutes they notice him and all started laughing and saying "Hi Teydon" "look it's Teydon". Then they proceeded to make funny faces and noises at each other. When the bus got there they all said bye to him. It is so cute the way the neighbor kids treat him and have so much fun with him. Takes away those mommy worries about your kid not being liked and made fun of. Hoping his neighbor friends will continue to like him and watch over him when it's school time.  I love that Teydon calls ever kid his friends and when he heard them outside that morning he yelled "My friends", so cute. 
We love how happy, fun, creative, and smart our little boy is! He is so special to us and we're so grateful to have him in our lives! With being 7 months pregnant and a majorly growing belly it was getting difficult to put Teyd in his crib, he still was unable to climb out of it, so we figured it was time to change his bed into a toddler bed. I think part of me has been putting it off cause there is no way my baby boy is big enough for a toddler bed. He has done awesome with it and has only came in our room a couple times but goes right back to sleep in his when we take him back. He loves that he can climb in and out of his bed when he wants and chooses his bed instead of ours. Wahoo. One day I was talking to him and telling him I didn't  want him to grow up and that he's getting too big, he proceeded to tell me  "I have to grow up and get big" and continues to remind me. Where did the time go? I have a 3 year old, how did that happen? I miss my little baby Teyder bug but at the same time I love him being 3, he is so much fun!
One last thing, he is so excited about baby brother and always asks when he's coming out. He will grab my belly and tell BB hi, give him kisses, and play with him. A couple of times Teydon has rested against my belly and BB gives him a couple nudges, telling him hi and your crowding me bro. Teydon thinks it is so funny and loves it. Some people have asked me if he understands, he might not understand that he's not gonna be the only child anymore but with the way he talks about BB I think he is going to love it and him and won't have any problems adjusting to him. I've been watching my niece which is a month old and he's always giving her kisses, wanting to hold her, helping me grab things, and always wants to play with her. He is so cute with her! Though she goes home and bb won't I still don't think he'll have a problem, when her parents have come to get her he tells me "he wants her", so I think he'll like bb staying here. Watching him interact with her makes me so excited to see him with BB. He's going to be an awesome Big Brother!

Hoppy Easter!

The Easter bunny found Teydon and left him lots of treats and a rocket! He also hid our Easter eggs that we had colored the night before. After church we loaded up in the car and went to grandma greats in Henefer to spend the day with them. There we had a delicious lunch, four wheeler rides, an Easter egg hunt, fun with cousins, and carmel popcorn! It was so much to fun to spend the day with family that we hadn't seen in awhile!