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Ahh, what would life be without yet another twist? Jason's picc line stopped working (why is still unclear) so they had to put in another IV. They sedated him so they could start working on a new IV, and Jason starting twitching. They gave him another sedative (ati.van) to see if that would stop the twitching and it didn't. So...

The thought was that this was a seizure. So they gave him an anti-seizure medication. An EEG is scheduled for tomorrow and they ordered a complete blood work-up.

He has no fever, no fussiness, no indications of illness (except the bladder infection that caused no symptoms).

The doctor called me a little while ago to tell me what happened. I asked if the sedative could have been the cause of the twitching.

The answer is yes it could and that is what he thought at first, but usually ati.van stops the twitching if that was the cause. I told him that Jason had already had "ati.van twitching" after his hernia surgery. When he learned that Jason has already had a reaction to ati.van, he said that would explain why it didn't help when he gave it to him. (duh) He said the info I provided made him lean a little more toward this being a reaction to the medication.

They are still proceeding with the further testing to reassure everyone that it isn't actually seizures, but a reaction to the sedation drugs instead.

This may be naive of me, but I don't think that we'll find this was a seizure. Maybe my radar is just overloaded and not working properly. It just doesn't feel like it to me. It is not like I have a medical degree or anything, but I just think this was a reaction to the sedatives.

Hopefully we'll know more tomorrow.

On another note, Shawn may come home tomorrow. Again, I'll believe it when there is a baby in the car, but I suppose it is a possibility.

Update:

After seeing Jason, I don't know what to think. Whatever he is doing (twitching or seizing) continued for awhile after the doctor called me. They gave him the anti seizure meds while I was there, and it did stop whatever he was doing and sedated him. I have several theories that I am pushing on the doctor, of which all are plausible.

1. Reaction to the antibiotic. This is the same antibiotic that I had a severe reaction to while I was in the hospital. (the one that made me so sick that they quarantined my room and assigned the infectious diseases doctor to me only to later find that I am allergic to this stuff) A side effect of said drug is muscle twitching. Dr. seems to think that if he was having a reaction to the antibiotic, he would have reacted yesterday, right after his first dose. Of course, I countered that with the fact that it took me two weeks before I reacted to it, and I was getting doses of it every 6 hours. So, this theory remains for me.
2. Reaction to sedation medication. Also known side effect is muscle twitching/seizures (according to the med journal the charge nurse looked the med up in tonight)
3. Ati.van - the second sedation medication given to stop the twitching that started after first sedation meds. We already know that he had pretty severe twitching after the use of this drug.
4. A combo of both sedation medications worked a number on his poor system.
5. The picc line in Jason's head was no longer working, so they were replacing it. The first picc line bled, of course. I am told quite a bit. So, they had played with his head, and he lost blood. They tried to reinsert the picc line two more times (back in his head--don't get me started on this one because it just boils me and makes me get ugly) each being unsuccessful and causing further blood loss from his head. They ultimately put a regular IV in his foot, so that was the third IV attempt at the time. In other words, they traumatized him.
6. Any/all combination of the above working together.

All of these scenarios piss me off because I truly believe none of this would have happened had I taken him home on Sunday. They redid his blood work, and wouldn't you know that Jason has absolutely zero signs of having any infections. zero. Granted, they did not do a culture on his urine again, but he was in mid range for his cbc readings.

Yes, my friends, I think they erred on the side of caution and then made him sick. I do believe that because literally, this happened within a few minutes. He was fine, and then they wanted to start his antibiotic and do his picc line, and then he was sick. It is not a coincidence that this picc line and the medications are in the center of everything.

I am surprisingly calm about all of this. Angry and on fire, but calm. I made my points with all involved. Thankfully, whatever he was doing had stopped, and I pray it doesn't return, so now we are left with figuring out what happened. He will still have his EEG done in the morning, but I will bet that it shows no seizure activity.

I am working on questions that I'll talk to the Dr about tomorrow. If you have any suggestions, please let me know.

And Shawn just might come home tomorrow. I know I already said that, but I think it needs repeating. He gained weight, and that was the condition fav. doctor gave me on the phone tonight. Even asked specifically about a certain amount of weight, and he said just a gain--said he'd do better at gaining at home anyway (oh really?). So, I still will believe it when I see it, but it could happen.

Updated at 6:29 am 1/25/08 - Jason is back on the ventilator. Don't know what is going on. Still waiting for tests and results to be finished. Has what appears to be another seizure at 5:19 in which he was "close" to coding. Scared shitless. Pray for him.