A crazy week on the homefront. My oldest became disoriented and had trouble communicating after an otherwise fairly unremarkable fever and congestion. Pretty scary, so to the pediatrician then ER we went within an hour or two.
Apologies, I did not mean to leave you hanging. I had a newborn crying and an appointment I almost forgot! So I had to pause.
A CT, MRI, EEG, lumbar puncture, antibiotics, many tests and three days of wonderful care @InovaHealth Children's Hospital, she was back to herself by Wednesday morning and is recovering at home. She was super brave and it was the best feeling ever to see her super-chatty again.
She was very brave for everything and the diagnosis (though not certain) is encephalitis due to a regular virus that went a little haywire in her body. She tested negative for all the meningitis & encephalitis they can test for, so we were kind of Dr. Houseing it.
We're keeping an eye on her and have follow-ups with her neurologist, but we're hopeful she fought off what she needed to fight off and we don't see that ever again.
This kid is usually last man standing when something takes the rest of us down, so it was doubly disconcerting to see her get so sick. There was a point when naming family members and repeating words was impossible.
So, when she was eating an Italian ice from the hospital cafeteria and piped up with “Mom, remember that time we went to the gelato place in the depths of the art museum?” I have never been happier to hear a sentence. It was so her. I will remember that sentence my whole life.
I sectioned and braided her hair for her EEG so they could find her scalp. Child has the hair of 6 adults. And that hair was still on point after 3 days in the hospital and 24 hrs with all this stuff in it. It’s her superpower. 😂 Truly can’t be defeated. 
Talked about it on the podcast today, too. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/get…
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