Hey, Mom. How are you? I’m not doing so well. I wasn’t expecting to write to you again so soon, but I wasn’t expecting this day to turn into the crap show it currently is.
I was at work doing my normal work thing. I had just ordered lunch to pickup. I got a call from Ramsey’s school that she had thrown up pretty badly. Ok, I’m on my way. I finished what I was working on and headed out, grabbing the lunch I ordered on the way.
When I got to school, the teacher asked me to come inside because they were having trouble getting Ramsey to come to the car. When I got inside, Ramsey was unable to stand. Then she passed out. Suddenly, words like “defibrillator”, “nurse”, and “911” were being thrown around. Ramsey was so pale, and she began coming in and out of consciousness. We ended up going to the local hospital in an ambulance.
While in the emergency room, Ramsey would wake up to vomit, then pass back out. All her vital signs were good, and the blood tests came back unremarkable. So, they ordered a CT scan. The results showed that Ramsey had a brain bleed. The doctor called it a “hemorrhagic stroke”. My baby had a stroke. What 8 year old has a stroke?
Anyway, we’ve been transferred to another hospital with a pediatric unit. Ramsey is currently lying in bed and watching Paw Patrol. She’s ok for the moment, but she drifts out a lot. We’re still waiting to talk to the doctors. She’s got to be ok. Otherwise, I don’t know what I’ll do.
Hey, Mom! How are you? 