my daughter just had one for the first time yesterday afternoon. She is 2.5 years old and had spiked a fever the night before. I gave her ibuprofen and her fever went down but she had trouble sleeping so I slept by her side as she was willing to remain in bed if I was there.
the next morning she slept until 9am, was awake for a few minutes and then slept until 11am in my arms. i had to leave for class around 1pm so I was at school when it happened. But my husband says her eyes rolled to the corners and she stopped talking. He called her name a few times and grabbed her arms but she didnt respond. Then she started to slowly move her jaws as if she were chewing and started drooling. he laid her on the ground and called 911.
she started to turn blue and was making choking sounds so he rolled her to her side. she eventually vomited and color returned to her body. during this time her arms and legs were moving every so often slowly. she started to come out of it 8 minutes later when the paramedics arrived.
the er docs and her ped (at the followup) said that it was a febrile fever even though she didnt have a very high temp at the time. something about her having a fever within 24 hours. i also heard it is not damaging which is a relief but hearing that it lasted 8 minutes and she turned blue terrifies me. i keep running into her room every time i hear a cough to check on her. last night, i even woke her up because she was drooling and i wanted to be sure she was fine.
thanks for sharing your story. while i hear that its not uncommon, its still absolutely frightening.
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my daughter just had one for the first time yesterday afternoon. She is 2.5 years old and had spiked a fever the night before. I gave her ibuprofen and her fever went down but she had trouble sleeping so I slept by her side as she was willing to remain in bed if I was there.
the next morning she slept until 9am, was awake for a few minutes and then slept until 11am in my arms. i had to leave for class around 1pm so I was at school when it happened. But my husband says her eyes rolled to the corners and she stopped talking. He called her name a few times and grabbed her arms but she didnt respond. Then she started to slowly move her jaws as if she were chewing and started drooling. he laid her on the ground and called 911.
she started to turn blue and was making choking sounds so he rolled her to her side. she eventually vomited and color returned to her body. during this time her arms and legs were moving every so often slowly. she started to come out of it 8 minutes later when the paramedics arrived.
the er docs and her ped (at the followup) said that it was a febrile fever even though she didnt have a very high temp at the time. something about her having a fever within 24 hours. i also heard it is not damaging which is a relief but hearing that it lasted 8 minutes and she turned blue terrifies me. i keep running into her room every time i hear a cough to check on her. last night, i even woke her up because she was drooling and i wanted to be sure she was fine.
thanks for sharing your story. while i hear that its not uncommon, its still absolutely frightening.
November 5, 2010 - 12:32amThis Comment
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