The "Fun" Never Ends

Wow, do we know how to have fun on a Friday night, or what!? Jordan had a strange episode this evening, strange enough that I called 911 rather than letting Devon drive her to the hospital himself.

She was acting a little "off" during the late evening, then around 9:40pm she started shaking all over, with a very pronounced chin quiver. It was as though she was shivering very strongly. She didn't seem to be "out of it," like during a seizure, but since we really didn't know what was going on, we treated it like it was a seizure.

When the ambulance got here her heart rate was very low (45-60ish), but her temp was normal. They started oxygen immediately, so I don't know how her oxygen saturations were. By the time they got to the local hospital she had a fever of 102'F, which is usually what happens when I see her chin quivering. Her heart rate there was 170+, so I'm not sure if the paramedics equipment was working properly, or if her heart rate was just all over the place. Devon said the paramedics didn't mention it to the docs that it had been so low.

They were in a hurry to get some seizure rescue medicine in her, and couldn't get an IV started, so they did an IO (intraosseous) in her leg instead. Devon said she didn't even flinch when they drilled into her leg. I was glad I wasn't there to see that. She had quite a cocktail of drugs, including Versed, and the shaking stopped.

Soon after that they transfered her from the local hospital down to Emanuel Children's Hospital in Portland. Her own pediatrician is attending this weekend on the floor, so that was nice. Once they can stabilize her vitals & (possibly) determine the source of the fever, they will send her home. There's not too much they can do for her, and knowing now that she did spike a fever, I am less convinced that she was actually having a seizure. Just a perfectly normal "Jordan fever," with the shaking to warn us it was coming.