Scary Moment

This Friday we had a fright.  About 12:30pm, Monsi and Madeline told Elisa (who was putting Jaidon down to sleep) that something was wrong with Hyrum.  When Elisa came out to the hallway, she found Hyrum on the floor.  He was unresponsive.  She of course flipped and called 911.  When the ambulance got there he was still not responsive.  He had a fever of 102 F, which none of us knew he had.  Elisa called Richard at work.  Richard immediately left work to come and get Jaidon so that Elisa could ride the ambulance with Hyrum.  We took him to Williamson Medical Center near Nashville.  When Richard arrived home, he found a house full of neighbors.  We live in a very small cul de sac with a few homes and everyone knows our kids well.  When they saw the ambulance pull up it freaked everyone out and they came over to offer whatever assistance they could.  Richard grabbed Jaidon, found a neighbor to watch Monsi and Madeline and headed to the Emergency Room.  Monsi was very upset and worried that her little brother would die.  Those two are very close.  When Richard got to the hospital, a member of the church, Brother Dotson (from another ward), was there to assist in giving a blessing.  Hyrum was still not responding very well.  He would cry when they messed around with the IV line.  The doctor came in and did his thing (he wasn't very nice).  Following the doctor's evaluation, Richard and Brother Dotson proceeded to give Hyrum a blessing.  About 1/2 hour after the blessing he began to perk up and eventually ask for something to eat and drink.  This was about 2 hours after all this began.  The doctor wanted to do a CT Scan and a Spinal Tap but when we saw Hyrum start to perk up with opted to just have blood cultures and lab work done.  The blood work was all normal.  We decided to just take a script for antibiotics and care for Hyrum at home (at this point he was watching cartoons and acting his old self again).  We figured, since we don't have insurance and probably already ran a huge bill with the ambulance and ER visit, that if we needed a spinal tap or CT scan we could do it at Richard's work for no charge.  Hyrum continued to run a temp that day but by Saturday morning he was without fever and doing well.  He spiked another about noon but that was it.  We think he may have had a febrile seizure.  He's had 4 of them but none since he was two.  We are still puzzled with all this because no one really witnessed what happened.  We are just glad he is okay.  This experience quickly reminded us of how fragile our life is and how we need to constantly remember what matters most.  On a side note, Richard has vowed never to leave without kissing each of his children.  That morning he left and all the kids were in bed and he did not want to wake them up.  If Hyrum would have had something terrible happen, Richard might not have forgiven himself for not kissing him that morning.  Love all your family members and treat them as if this were their last day with you.  Cherish all the time you have together.  We are grateful he is ok.  Our financial picture is very fragile right now and pray for your prayers to allow us to pay our upcoming bills.  Richard is truly empathetic of the many out there who do not have health insurance and can't afford it.