Aashini Update

Here's a pic of Aashini that I took just a couple of hours ago :)

 This morning didn't go according to my plans... We were planning on going canoeing this morning.  Aashini normally gets up at around 6:45 AM (no matter what!!)... this morning my alarm went off at about 7:30... we realized she wasn't up and we needed to wake them... Adam went into see them, and Aashini was laying in bed with her eyes wide open.  She wasn't moving, but she looked awake.  We talked to her but she didn't and couldn't respond.  She just stared off into space... We sat her up and she was limp (almost like she was asleep)... The whole time she was just staring.  She couldn't talk either.   So... we rushed her to the emergency room (which thankfully wasn't very far away).  

In the car on the way there, we would ask her to move her foot and she could slightly move it.  I would ask her to squeeze my hand but she couldn't do that.  She couldn't talk either (but she did try to).... 

She also had a normal temperature which is a little worrying...

We got into a room immediately and they worked on getting her IV in.  That took a while (those tiny kid veins!).  She was able to scream during this time, so that made me feel good,  but she still couldn't talk or make eye contact....  After they got the IV in, she finally fell asleep for a few minutes until they took her to get a CT scan. She slept through her CT scan for the most part and then went back to her room.   She slept for about 5-10 minutes and then had to go to the bathroom.  After that we got her back in her bed and she looked at us and said:  "What are you doing?"....  We were so thankful to hear her talk!!!

The nurse in the pic above that is right across from Adam was our nurse.  She was awesome!

 She started to talk after that.  She had tons of meds, so she was very loopy and her speech was slurred.  She was also VERY confused about what was going on.  She had the memory of a goldfish too and asked us about every 10 minutes what was going on or what the IV in her hand was all about... 

The docs and nurses were surprised that she never really slept (the meds were supposed to make her sleepy).  She then watched TV and talked some (some in English and some in Hindi :)).  

All of her tests came back completely normal.  The CT Scan, urine tests and even the blood tests (which usually show something when they have seizures) were all normal.  After that, they let us check out.  We were really surprised at how fast it was to be discharged!  (In South Asia it takes HOURS!).  

We went home, and after Aashini vomited everywhere, put on a movie for the girls (thinking that Aashini would fall asleep... but she didn't).  They watched a movie and then went down for nap.  Aashini only took about a 30 minute nap!!! (she still normally takes a 1+ hour nap!)... The rest of the day we just hung out inside and played.  She is still out of it and not acting like her normal self.  Her speech was almost normal but her behavior was a little crazy.  She doesn't remember anything from this  morning and is very confused about what happened.     

Please pray that this was a One-Time thing and that it won't happen again!  Please pray that there's nothing wrong and that  she wakes up feeling completely normal.  Please join us in thanking God that she's doing good now!!  Praise God that he again took care of our little girl and gave us complete peace through the whole thing :)   Thank you guys so much for praying with us!!

America - Last Pics!!

OK, here are some last pics from America...

Aashini had a lot of fun with a Bike rack :) She had a lot of fun swinging on it :)

Diya watched her and learned how to swing too :)

They were really cute swinging together!

Diya always likes to sit on everyone... she's a goofy kid!

.... so we got on an airplane and headed back... so that is the end of the America posts (unless I forgot something :)) :)

America - Alison in Tally!

At the end of our time in America, my sister Alison came in town for a few days! We had fun going around and seeing things. One place we went was Wakulla Springs :) I LOVE Wakulla Springs. The water is so beautiful and there are so many fun things around there. We went on the riverboat to see the river - it was awesome! :)

When we first got there it was pouring rain, but it stopped long enough for us to get on the boat!There are lots of fun things to see along the river :) I love Anhinga Birds - they're so cool! (They don't have oils on their feathers, so when they get wet they have to hold them out and dry them :))It was really neat to be there at dusk right after (and later during) the rain :)The rain made it pretty humid and made it look so cool! I love how the steam looks coming off of the water! :)We got to see a lot of alligators! It was fun!We also got to see this cool bird. It's on the endangered species list. It's called the Purple Gallinule. It was really fun- colored! :)We also went to the Tallahassee Museum. It is a really fun place that has lots of Florida animals :)It's really neat because you walk along all of these boardwalks through the woods to see the animals.Foxes are cool!Here's Aashini posing for a picture :) haha!There was a playground at the park that the girls had a blast at!Aashini learned how to slide down a pole for the first time - she had fun :)It was fun having Alison in town :)

America - Panacea

One of the weekends we were in America (and we weren't traveling!) we went to a fun place near Tally called Panacea! It's a fun area on the beach and there's a fun "museum" type place where you can go and touch and see all kinds of sea creatures! Aashini LOVED touching everything!

They had rooms full of touch-tanks where you could touch everything! (they also had shark tanks that weren't touch tanks :) haha!)This one tank had a funny orange sea thing that turned Aashini's hands orange :)Aashini loved this big shell :)Afterwards we had a fun picnic lunch :)... with cookies of course :)It was a fun day :)

We're back in SouthAsiaLand! I didn't end up posting too many pics while we were in America... I still have some I wanted to post :)

Aashini & Diya got the chance to go to one of my favorite places - Build-a-Bear!!! :) They both picked animals then later traded, then later traded back - haha! Aashini named hers Fuzzles :)The kids LOVED the fun grocery carts :)Aashini was teaching Diya and showing her the ropes :)One day we went to the Science & Arts Museum! It was fun!!! It was during their Bugs & Baroque theme... Aashini LOVES bugs!Here's one of the Baroque art pieces :)The girls dressed up :)Doing a little swimming......walking around the park......playing with her play kitchen and play food :)Doing some reading! I love that my girls love books :) Aashini has loved them since she was super little... and Diya has just started liking them :)Here's my little goofball :)One day we took the kids to the library for "Toddler Time" - it was packed out!!!One of Aashini's favorite things during the summer was VBS! She LOVED it!!!!! Here she is with her friend Kaley from church :)

Hangin' Around - America

Just a few fun pictures of the girls :) Aashini is a little jungle girl :) She loves wearing leaves and things on her head as she hunts for bugs :) That's my girl! haha!

Diya likes to do what Aashini does :)

Aashini in her bath towel :)

Diya in her bath towel :)

We went at had South Asian food one day. The girls were super happy :)

Here's Diya chowing down on some roti :)

Aashini's roti was well done - but she didn't seem to notice - she was so happy to eat South Asian food and had really been missing it :)

Here's a Turtle Aashini drew - I thought it was so cute :)