Well, instead of goinf out to celebrate out anniversary yesterday afternoon we ended up stayin gat the hospital for hours because Sean had a seizure. I had just ran into a store for less then 5 minutes while Sean waited out in the car. When I got back to the car, I let Sean know that I did not find what I was looking for (a hat for Addie). He said okay and not even a couple seconds later he started making a noise-he was trying to yell to me, but his face had started to seize... he was trying to spit his gum out, so my first reaction, I thought he was choking, but after he was able to spit his gum out, I realized he was having a seizure. He had both of our phones in his pocket and somehow adrenaline must of kicked in and he was not unconscious yet... he was able to grab his phone for me, so I able to call an ambulance and ask some people at the store for help. Sean seizure, even though seemed like it lasted forever, stopped pretty quickly and the ambulance also showed up quite fast. One of the scariest part about all this was after Sean came out the seizure and was conscious again, we though the right side of his face was paralyzed. If he tried smiling, only half of his mouth would smile. He was also having a hard time talking right, his speech was really mumbly and slurred. After we had been at the hospital, Sean's face started to return to normal as well as his speech. They did a CT scan of Sean's brain, it doesn't look much different then what it did before, just a little swelling on one of his tumors. They pumped Sean full of some Dilantin (seizure medicine) and upped his Decadron a little. After they pumped Sean full of the Dilantin, he started getting extremely nauseous and dizzy. They then gave him Zofran, which did not work, so they tried Compazine, which helped a little, but the dizziness was still there, so then they gave him some Valium. So Sean was pumped quite full with medications before they were able to release him from the hospital! The doctor had said that the nausea and dizziness was more then likely caused by the huge dose of Dilantin that they had given him so quickly. We were able to come home last night, Sean is doing fairly well now, just a slight headache and his coordination is a little off. We will be on the phone with all of Sean's oncologists first thing Monday morning to see what the next steo should be and to possibly get an MRI scheduled. I will keep everyone updated as soon as we find out what is going on.
Saturday, July 19, 2008
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3 comments:
Nikki,
My mom told me about it happening as she was in the store at the time and ran outside when you yelled for help. She felt bad for leaving but she didnt want to be in the way as there was people trying to help and the ambulence was on the way. Im glad Sean is doing better. Thank you for keeping us updated on whats going on. I continue to pray and think of Sean, you, and those beautiful girls of yours. You know where I live so please if you ever need me to watch the girls I will.
Shannon
Hi, my name is Goddard Hampton. I ran across your blog and wanted you to know that my family will be praying for Sean. My mother is battling melanoma as well. Her fight is recorded at www.fortheloveofvictoria.blogspot.com.
God Bless,
Goddard
I am so sorry to hear of your setback. Please make sure you keep us up to date on how Sean is doing and what they plan to do next.
God bless and keep your chin up!
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