John had a bad reaction to the Ativan and started throwing up and hallucinating. And, he was still having a lot of seizures. It seemed like he was going downhill quickly. I'm really glad that we decided to stay at the hospital. At one point Yoshie said to the nurse, "he's not going to die, is he?". Her response was that they would do everything they could to keep that from happening. That wasn't a real reassuring answer. In hindsight, he wasn't in any real grave danger, but we certainly didn't know what to believe at that point.
In the afternoon, we met with the neurologist and explained everything. No, he didn't hit his head or drink any chemicals. It was a normal pregnancy and birth. He was healthy and happy. I ended up having to repeat this story to every doctor or nurse that walked in the room.
He was started on Depakene (Valproic Acid) immediately, and an EEG was scheduled for the next day. I really, really hated that they were giving him drugs. We normally wouldn't even give him Tylenol unless things got really bad. Now, they were putting drugs in him that I had never heard of, and obviously affected him a great deal.
He seemed to get a little better as the Ativan wore off. He was still having seizures, though. I had to go home to get a bag together so we could live at the hospital for a couple of days. When I returned, John was asleep.
