Scare and Appreciation

Yesterday Sophia gave us quite a scare. At about 5:30 last night I was giving her a bottle and she was due for a nap. She finished her bottle and was in that milk coma state half between wakefulness and sleep in my arms when she suddenly started shaking uncontrollably with her eyes rolling around in her head. It lasted probably about 10 seconds then she stopped and we talked to her a bit and she seemed okay, just a little dazed and then she fell asleep. We thought it may have been a seizure so we called after-hours line for the doctor and they said what we were describing sounds a lot like a seizure and they advised us to take her into the ER to be checked out. So we gathered up Sophia and her things and headed, in the rain, down to the hospital. I am not sure if they were just slow or if being a baby puts you through faster but we got admitted and into a room in just under fifteen minutes. They checked all of Sophia's vitals and everything was normal. We spoke with the doctor and he said that with babies it is so difficult to know how to proceed in these types of cases since we cannot ask her what happened and how she felt. He did an examination mainly centering around her head, checking her retinas to make sure there was no pressure on her eyes from her brain and her soft spot and that showed that there was no swelling of the brain or anything that is not normal. He said that often seizures are accompanied by fevers but she did not have a fever so that was good. The conclusion was made that we just need to keep a close eye on her (not hard since she is only four months old) and if it happens again we need to closely monitor what happens and let the doctors know. If it happened a few times then they would do further research into what is causing the issue, but those types of tests (a CAT scan or an MRI) are very invasive and would require that an infant be put under general anesthesia which has it's own set of major risks. He said it could just be a one time thing since her nervous system is so immature and sometimes it just fritz's out for a few seconds. So after that we were free to go home. Sophia was a great baby at the hospital, she liked all the bright lights and of course all the nurses were gaga over her and her smiles and coos. On the other hand, Steven and I felt like we had been through the ringer and are hopefully optimistic that this was a one time thing we won't have to experience ever again. We treated ourselves to Blizzards on the way home while Sophia slept in the backseat.
These types of experiences always make me remember two things: 1) how unbelievably much we love our little girl that has only been in our lives for four and a half months, but has been in our hearts long before she ever existed, and 2) how thankful we are for our family and friends that love our little girl and us so much. We are very lucky and no matter what life throws our way we know that we have these constants to rely on.