My Christmas Eve Story (tissues required) Part 1

Oh what a night!

Let me give you a timeline first

Friday 12/23: I worked until midnight

Saturday Morning 12/24: I had to be at work at 8am

Saturday Evening 12/24: At the hospital til 4am

Yeah, let me tell you it has taken me 2-3 weeks

before I could tell this story in details without tearing up.

Saturday evening, we were putting Noah to bed when I noticed he felt hot.

He acted fine all day, didn't think he was sick until I touched his forehead.

So I let him sleep with us, gave him some medicine, and took his temperature about 20times.

The thermometer was giving different readings from 100 to 102.

(never rely on tempera l thermometers)

11pm he still wasn't asleep, we were exhausted but Noah couldn't go to sleep.

Finally, I brushed his hair with my fingers and he started to fall asleep.

Then his back touched my hand. It was burning up!

I started taking off his socks and pants.

Then he started having a seizure!

My baby, my son.

Immediately my husband jumped into action, holding Noah on his side.

Letting Noah bite his fingers so that he could hold his tongue down.

I cried, I fell apart, I could barely speak to the 911 operator.

I'm crying now just from describing this scene.

The fire truck arrived seconds before the ambulance.

The seizure was only a minute, it felt like my entire life wrapped up into one moment, and it was, he is my entire life.

They strapped him into the ambulance, I held his hand the whole way and we cried together.

We stayed at the hospital until 4am.

His fever was 104

He is fine now, some children can have a seizure with high fevers.

It doesn't cause brain damage but you should still seek medical help regardless.

Christmas day, I woke up at 11am to my son and husband dancing to the Nutcracker on PBS. I cried again, we tried to act normal throughout the day.

Noah acted tired but normal. We were in a daze though, I hardly remember anything. We starred at Noah as if he were glass, breakable. Like when he was a newborn. I couldn't look anyone in the eyes, I know I would have fallen apart.

Throughout the week, I randomly cried, at work I could barely talk to customers.

If a child walked in, I would tear up.

It was a Christmas I will never forget.

I'm a mom, I do everything to prevent Noah from getting hurt, and that night I was helpless.

I was human, I realized I had no super powers. I could only wait for the seizure to stop.

Part 2 is about what happen during the hospital visit, and what I learned from it.