Unexpected

I never dreamed that I would actually need to dial 911 for an emergency affecting my family.

Yesterday, afternoon from 3 PM to 7 PM James wasn't feeling well and just wanted to be held.
He has been battling a cold but nothing serious.
He ate supper just fine. Seemed a little tired.
So after supper I held him to make him feel better.
He was a little warm but not hot like he was last week when he had a temperature.

Then around 7 PM he started to shake.
Then his eyes opened and looked up and his lips started quivering.
His jaw closed tight. I said, "Carolann, Look at this."
Then I realized he was having a seizure.

I got up. Prayed while walking to the phone to dial 911.

Within minutes a police officer arrived and a minute or two later a fire truck and an ambulance.

James had a temp of 103.8 They cooled him down a bit and explained most likely his seizure was caused by the high temp.

James and I went to the hospital in the ambulance.

7:30 PM They checked him over, took blood and xrays.
Gave him tylenol and motrin to bring down the fever fast.

The doc examined him and found he had an ear infection.
Gave him antibiotics for it.

After about an hour he was coming around to be himself.
Sick but a lot more responsive than the coma/seizure he was in.

They did some tests to make sure he was ok.
Everything came back fine. We were free to go home at 10:45 PM
James was so glad to be home and fell right asleep and slept til 9 AM this morn.

Today he was sick battling his cold and ear infection but other wise normal.

Carolann was telling me that earlier today James was "talking" to her about the ordeal by
pointing to all the things they did to him. Like, the toe heart beat monitor, the spots on his arms where they pulled blood and the hospital bracelet on his leg.

Life is precious and God was with us through the whole event.
Now we're exhausted and thankful.