"Promise me you'll always remember, You are BRAVER than you believe, You are STRONGER than you seem, And you are SMARTER than you think." ~Christopher Robin

Friday, May 8, 2009

We had an episode! (if you wanta call it that!)

Two nights at the hospital. One with sleep and the other, without.
Sunday, Sarah got into some ADD pills at a family party. She took them at lunch time and we saw the effects about 2:30 or 3. We found out she took the pills when we were in the ER at 10pm.
These pictures are taken the day she went home. Even then, you can see how drugged up she was. She and Zach stayed Sunday and Monday night, Tuesday at about 10 am they let us go.
Because of the ADD med she couldn't focus on anything and just freaked out until they gave her a sedative to counteract the amphetamine in her system. Once the sedative got into her system she calmed down but was still too wired to sleep. She finally fell asleep Monday at 5:15 am and then only slept 3 hours and woke up freaking out again.
It was very scary to see her like that. We were glad we found out what she had taken, it answered a lot of questions. Up until then, we were very confused and disheartened by her behavior. We didn't know how to help or what to do.
Once she started to recover, it was like a year and a half, fast forward. She gained muscle control, could hold up her head, control her arms, sit up by herself, walk with help, walk without, answer questions, use words, play peek-a-boo, laugh, knew her name, could focus long enough to play with toys. Every new development we rejoiced! When she did any of the above or when she slept.
She was back to her whole self yesterday, walking with out bumping into walls and everything! She is still tired but at least she can go to sleep without drugs. We were so glad to bring her home and glad things worked out alright. It was beyond description to watch her go through that and not be able to help. I, especially was grateful that Zach could stay with her and bless her with the Priesthood. I know that made a big difference in how she recovered, the doctors finding out with was wrong and her finally going to sleep. I am grateful to have him as the father of my children and my husband. How blessed I am to have a worthy priesthood holder in my home. It sure brought me a lot of peace when I couldn't be with her at the hospital, to have him there.















6 comments:

Shannon Allen said...

Im glad she is doing better and that you are getting back to normal. :) We love our little Sarah!!

kate said...

oh how scary! so glad she is ok.

Anonymous said...

Seriously scary! I am so sorry you had to go through that, and am happy everything is fine now.

Linetta said...

We're very glad to hear that she's okay. That's very scary when you have to go to the hospital with a child not knowing what is wrong!

Stevenson Family said...

Oh my word! What a scary thing to go through with a little one. I'm so glad she's okay.

jenica said...

oh my goodness! how scary! glad that she's better and you were able to figure what was wrong. yikes!