Unfortunately, although Amelia is still beast fed - she has had her fair share of illnesses in her first year of life. It seems she picks up childhood viruses quite easily, which would not be so bad if it were not for the fact that every time she gets sick, she gets a fever and has febrile seizures. Her fevers tend to hover around 38.5-39.5 degrees (normal is 36.5-37 degrees) and only Neurofen will keep them under control. They last for days and as soon as the Neurofen wears off, she starts seizuring again. She has had quite a few hospital visits to our big childrens hospital and stayed over night, lots of drugs, frequent visits to our lovely Peadiatrician, an EEG to rule out epilepsy (which it did thank goodness), IV fluids and whatever else it takes to keep her temperature down. Now although febrile seizures are usually harmless, it is very worrying for us and not particularly pleasant for Amelia. We are hoping that she grows out of them quick, but in the mean time, we will keep our fingers crossed that the viruses leave her alone!
A stay in hospital, with her IV cannula in.
This was 3am, she was so tired (as was I!) but the cannula was bothering her and she kept waking, in the end she refused to sleep, so she raided our overnight bags and we went and chatted to the night shift nurses!
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