The Brodie Files

  Wednesday night Jonathan took the nightlight out of the bathroom plug and stuck in a metal key.  He was shocked by the electricity, but other than a really hot hand that hurt, he seemed fine and went to bed.  The keys were left scorched and corroded though.  Thursday he was sorta out of it all day, even taking a very unusual mid-morning nap and not eating lunch.  That afternoon, while the other kids slept, he had a seizure.  Damon saw his eyes fixed to one side and he couldn't stop fluttering his feet.  He called 911 and an ambulance came.  The ambulance followed me down the street as I came home from Professional Development meetings.  After the paramedics assessed him, Damon carried him down to the ambulance, forgetting to even get his shoes.  I sent down clothes for Jonathan and shoes for Damon.  Too bad Johnny doesn't really remember the ambulance ride, he'd have loved it!  The ER doctor called me about an hour after they got to the hospital and asked for more information about his shock.  After that, I wasn't able to get in contact with Damon by phone again. 

 As this was all happening on Joe's 5th birthday, it changed our plans a bit.  Instead of having ribs with the missionaries, my parents brought pizza over to celebrate!  Joe and I compromised and said that he had wait to open gifts until everyone was done eating dinner, but he could open them before cake.  It took him an HOUR to finish his one piece of pizza because he kept asking to open his gifts!  Finally done, he opened his new Star Wars Naboo Starfighter and shirt.  We went to the park for a little bit of baseball and playing on the equipment.  Then the kids went over to spend the night and I went up to the hospital.


 Johnny and Damon had just been told he could be discharged when I got there and we just had to wait for the paperwork, so it was perfect timing!  They ate the pizza I brought them-it was 9:00 at night and they hadn't had any dinner and then we were home a bit before 10:00.  We picked up Elizabeth on the way since she wasn't going to sleep for Grandma. 


 Jonathan needs to follow up with a Neurologist, Cardiologist, and Pediatrician today and so will spend a bit of time at the doctors.  As long as he doesn't have other seizures in the future, the doctor's will attribute the seizure to the electric shock.  If he were to have more, then something else is going on.  He seems perfectly well today and is very eager to see Joe and the new space ship he got.  You'd never know what happened yesterday!

We don't know where, or exactly when, but sometime this summer we're moving.  We're looking to buy a house, but haven't found something in our price range (below $300,00) in a neighborhood we are willing to live in. Until we find it, we need a three bedroom apartment, as apparently our complex will only allow 5 people in a two bedroom apartment.  Yes, you read that right, and it does mean what you think it does.  Due October 9th.

In other news, today is Jonathan's 3rd birthday!  He's very excited about it, but wants to be 2 again. After some talking, we figured out that he wants to be 2 again so he can be 3 again and have another birthday.  He weighs 40 pounds (97%) and is 41" tall (off the charts at 97+).  He's still not talking much so the doctor gave us a referral to LBUSD to have his speech assessed.  He understands what you say to him, but most people would probably only be able to understand about 10 of his words.  He mostly only says the last syllable of each word, if it is intelligible at all.

Elizabeth's finger is getting much better after being smashed in the hinge side of a closet door two weeks ago.  It fractured and needed two stitches.  But, she's actually eating with that hand now, so it's getting better!

Joe has had a very hard time with the time change and getting enough sleep.  He's had a very grumpy/whiny/crying/etc. week. But, today was the first time he woke up without crying, so we're taking little steps to getting his back on schedule and happy again!