Joanna's Hospital Adventure

We've had quite the adventurous week. One of those "adventures" was taking Joanna to the children's hospital in Tampa.

She does this thing where she smacks her head and then has a seizure. The first time it happened was about 6 months ago. After a call to our doctor he assured us she was fine. Then it happened on Saturday. We followed everything we were told to do and watch for. She was fine. Then it happened again Tuesday night.

Two seizures in just a few days really scared us. We called our doctor and he suggested getting her checked out the following morning as a precaution due to the frequency. He said it might be over kill but it would be a good idea to have a children's ER doctor check her out.

We had some fabulous nurses and doctor check her out. They were so nice and they were great with Joanna. The final "diagnosis" is that she is holding her breath after she hits her head which causes her to pass out momentarily. When a child wakes up from passing out it is common for them to have a small seizure.

They said it is nothing to be concerned over unless she throws up, bleeds, or acts differently when she wakes up. Although it is extremely frightening it does no harm (except to Mommy and Daddy's heart).

Joanna was such a good girl! Every time someone told her to be still she obeyed and she was not scared of anything. She really thought it was a grand adventure.

She liked waving to people underneath the curtain. haha! The nurse who did an EKG on her brought her all kinds of prizes for being still during the test. :) Jo was so excited!

The ride home felt like it took forever. I'm glad I didn't have to drive in that traffic.

Poor thing was so worn out. We all were truthfully.

Jo and I stayed home from church because I could barely keep my eyes open. I obviously didn't get much sleep the nights she had her seizures.

We were both in bed before 8pm. :)

We are so thankful that it is not something worse. They said she should grow out of it by the time she is 4 or 5. I'm praying it never happens again.

I'm thinking the helmet that a nurse jokingly suggested is a FABulous idea. :)