Poor Garrett

Garrett woke me up extremely early Friday morning being his normal spaz self, so I took him in his bedroom and we watched PBS Sprout while I tried to calm him down and get him to fall back asleep.  I ended up falling back asleep myself but was awakened to severe shaking next to me.  Garrett was in the middle of a seizure.  His whole body was jerking.  I was so scared.  I turned him on his side because it sounded like he was choking.  Luckily, his seizure ended after a couple minutes.  Kevin and I decided to take him to the emergency room for observation.  They observed him and put him on a new seizure medication, Trileptal.  We will be following up with Neurology.  It was such a bummer since last time we went to the Neurologist she felt that his seizure in August was just a febrile seizure and went ahead and weaned him off.  His first day off of medication was when he had his seizure.  I was talking to Amy about finding things to be grateful every day, so here is what I am grateful for in this situation:  I am grateful that Garrett was having one of his wide awake nights so that I was with him when he had his seizure.  I'm grateful that we are in the Navy so that we can get him the care that he needs, and I am grateful that there is medication to prevent seizures.  I'm grateful that, this time, his seizure only lasted a couple minutes, and that he was back to himself in a couple hours instead of a couple days.  I'm grateful that Heavenly Father trusted us with this beautiful little boy and that he has guided us in the right direction so that we can meet his needs.  I love Garrett very much!