On Saturday we had a Halloween party and we had about 100 people over and it was a great party.
Priya does not go to daycare yet so she rarely interacts with multiple people like she did at that party.
On Monday she had a fever and my mom wanted somethings in India so we went over to Naveen's house to drop them off. Neeta and Priya wanted to come over also, so all three of us went.
Her fever got a little worse by evening and Neeta gave her Tylenol and put her to bed.
I took a shower and went down and as usual sat on the sofa and picked up my laptop. Priya came over and sat next to me, which is kind of unusual and her favorite TV show (Daniel Tiger) was ending so I put on a new show for her and it had just started and Priya started having a seizure. It was one the scariest moments of my life. I put my finger in her month and asked someone to get me something so that she can bite on, her lips started turning blue and she was biting down super hard on my hand. Her eyes rolled to the top of her head and it looked like she could not breathe. After about 1 minutes she stopped and she started turning normal again and I cannot say it if was a convulsion or a seizure, but it was one of them. I bundled her up into the car and took her to the hospital right away. Luckily it was only 5 minutes away I got her to the emergency room.
The nurses gave her Tylenol 120, not sure what that means, but that is what they said. They cath'ed her and took her blood and after she cooled down they took a chest x-ray and then gave motrin or advil, I forgot. They gave us a prescription for Anti-biotic's and Tylenol. They said she has an infection since one of her ears was redder then the other (Inner ear).
Within 2 hours they discharged her and we were back home with Priya smiling and everything normal again. Priya was sleeping like a little doll when I left for work.
I have to say it was one of the scariest moments of my life as I say my daughter shaking and turning blue. It is hard to get me rattled, but it brought tears to my eyes. I thought Priya was going to die in my arms, at least that is how she looked like. It was terrifying.
Then I thought of something my ex-wife said. She said that I was a bad father.
I always thought that I did the best I could, but I have never been overly obsessive father. I do not bathe Priya, I do not feed Priya, I do not change her diapers (I may have changed 10 in my life). I play with her she comes to me and we hang out, but I guess I was waiting for her grow up a little more before we can interact together.
I checked the Tylenol that we gave Priya last night and it had expired July 2014. So my guess is that the medicine might not have been effective and with the high fever she got the seizure.
When we went to the hospital her temperature was 103.7. I felt her forehead last night and this morning and she did not feel that hot, but then again those haunting words from my ex-wife come back to haunt me. You are not a good father.
It was an emotional day for me so far and I am happy that Neeta did not see Priya like that having that seizure, I do not think she would have handled it well.
I guess in the end, a lesson is learned and now that Priya is home and safe in bed and her fever in control we can all relax.
It was a nice when we were checking out of the hospital and Priya was smiling again. She wanted milk when we got home and we gave it to her, but she held on to the milk and slept.
