She has has cold symptoms for the past week now. Fever, lethargy, vomiting, nausea, headache and congestion. Actually, Finn, Savvy and Keegan have the same symptoms. I chalk it up to a nasty head cold and dose out the Ibuprofen
Friday morning she has redness under her right eye. When I ask her about it she says her eye is watering. Again, I think head cold. Her eyes looked so tired! Poor girl!
At about 1:45, I was talking to her and noticed that her Rt eye and mouth weren't moving symmetrically. All of a sudden, ding-ding-ding! It all comes together that she has something more than a head cold and facial paralysis was pretty high on the "serious" scale so I immediately made arrangements to dump the other kids with Shelly and headed to the ER.
The doctor said it sounded like Lyme's Disease- Bell's palsy was showing up a lot with cases of Lyme's. she wanted to be sure so she ordered a CT. Neelah was so brave through getting poked three times for an IV and having a scary test done inside a scary machine.
Results came back that she had what seemed to be a sinus infection but everything looked normal. Whew!! We would wait a few days for the Lyme's culture results to come back but start on antibiotics now. As I was taking her gown off to put her shirt back on I noticed the classic "bullseye" of a tick bite around her belly button.
My darling Neelah can't close her eye all the way or give more than a half smile. Her right eye doesn't twinkle like the left one does. Everything I've read says that the paralysis goes away anywhere from 3 weeks-a few months. (Months!!)
I find myself babying her because she is different than my other kids. She is "special" now that she has this handicap. It's silly and vain but I can't help it. I should have noticed a tick on my precious little girl.
All in all, this is a lesson in just how exceedingly blessed I am to have five happy, healthy children! Heavenly Father has given me "JEWELS" and I take them for granted all to often.
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