As if the story wasn't long enough.....

.....Nate says I forgot to tell how he found Alex.

(I felt bad--Alex had wanted to sleep on the floor in the family room. I told him he would sleep better in his bed. You know, where its nice and hot on the top bunk with no ceiling fan. I can't remember if the paramedics said his fever was 104 or 106. But if he had been in the family room would anyone have heard him?)

Nathan says he was barely awake when he felt the whole bed shaking. At first he thought Alex was just playing like they sometimes do. (I would have thought it was an earthquake.) For a second he planned to just go back to sleep, then he realized what time it was and that things were not right. He could hear Alex gurgling. He jumped out of bed. As soon as he looked at Alex he recognized what was happening and he ran for me. (I guess he does pay attention at scouts, lol. Plus he used to have a friend that sometimes had seizures.)

Alex says he remembers not being able to move his legs. (I think he confused it with not being able to hold his legs still) He was afraid of falling off his bed so he was trying to hang on to the mattress next to the wall. He doesn't remember not being able to wake up or me calling his name. He remembers waking up and wondering why there were so many people in his room. He says I scared him when I told him what happened. Alex had never had a seizure before. Bryan's uncle, he's a doc. asst., says it not so much how high the fever but more how fast the fever increases.

I was glad they had just cleaned their room. I took the chance to point out that that's why they should always have a clean room. They have forgotten that already. Every night I tell them that I'm surprised they don't trip in the dark.