Kaylie is in the tantrum phase of life. They do not happen all the time but lately they seem to be happening a little bit more than usual. Her tantrums are usually over silly things like mommy's keys, mommy putting her down on the floor, and/or being told "no". She is easily distracted so usually her tantrums are short. If distraction does not work she will stop because she does not like being ignored. This is a quality she got from her mother. Today her tantrum was over keys. ECI was here and we were trying to get her to do the sign for more. Apparently, this was not in her agenda because she threw herself on the ground and started to cry. When she tantrums she does this cry that you can't hear. After a few seconds of getting her lungs ready she lets it go in a full out scream. She throws her head to the carpet and puts all her energy into it. Needless to say she put everything she had into it because the next thing I know she started to turn blue. She held her breath for so long she actually rolled to the ground and looked like she was on the verge of passing out. Once she started breathing again she came over to me whimpering and rolled onto me like she was about to faint again. Weak I patted her and tried to get her to breathe with a regular pattern. My first thought was inhaler. After I gave it she perked up and was back to normal. I quickly called the doctor. Believe it or not when I told them what happened the nurse chuckled and said that they get these calls quit often. Apparently, my baby is considered a "breath holding tantrum baby". Great...Just what I need. She said it doesn't seem like it could be normal but it is. She told me not to be scared if at times she actually passes out. Huh?!? She told me next time she starts to turn blue I need to blow in her face really hard to scare her and make her breathe. I do not think that will be a problem.
MRI results came back today and everything is fine. They told me her brain looks beautiful. Thank you heavenly father for that. For now we are going to continue to try and get her to eat and gain weight. We are also taking her in to get her immunoglobin levels checked. This will help us figure out if she is lacking in the necessary antibodies she needs to fight infection. We were supposed to do this a few weeks ago but that was the day we had a bad experience trying to draw her blood. I have spoken with another lab corp located next to a hospital and they seem to be confident in drawing babies blood. Jason will be taking her in the morning.
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Oh, my goodness what a little stinker! ;o) Praise God that her brain is just fine. I'll say a special prayer for her in the morning.
Titus is also a breath holder when he throws a tantrum, gets suddenly frightened, or hurts himself. He has always turned blue, but is now at the point of having his eyes roll backwards and pretty much passing out. Blowing in his face has never helped with us. But, recently we learned to get him lying flat in the middle of it instead of him being upright. This helps the blood not drain out of his head so quickly and will hopefully not let him pass out completely. It scares me every time, but this trick as recently helped the episodes not be so horrible.
Congrats on the great MRI results!
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