The Bad "Bug" and Mr. Bean Takes A Holiday

Maizie has had the flu. A bizarre flu that appears to come and go. According to the pediatrician it is going around. We have been very lucky in that Maizie has not had an illness like this for over a year. At the same time she is having a harder time due to her seizures which were all ready on the increase.

Now, she is back to having one to two seizures a day along with this supposed flu. If you are one of her loyal blog readers please keep visiting. Possibly, you could dig into her archives. She has some great stuff in there. Currently she is in no mood to blog but she assures me she will do it when she is ready.

Today was a long day. Okay, almost every day since last Friday has been a long day. We are going on day six of this "bug". I am going stir crazy. I actually thought she was over it a few times. Last night she seemed great. That all changed this morning. The pediatrician says this is what they are seeing so I am trying not to worry. For Maizie, he agrees that it may take even longer for her to recover. I called the neurologist and she agreed and added that the seizures are probably on the rise due to losing her medications from throwing up. She wants me to take her in for a medication level tomorrow. Oh, and by the way her MRI came back normal which is good news. I am praying the EEG gives us some very needed answers.

I have been asking Maizie off and on if her belly was hurting or if she was having a head ache. Getting Maizie to admit to pain or describe it is next to impossible. Finally today she said in her most serious tone, "Mom! Don't ask me those words ever again. When I wake up tomorrow you better not say those words! You are an adult. You should know how I feel."

Ugh. She always knows how to put me in my place.

We did get to watch Mr. Bean Takes a Holiday. Maizie loves Mr. Bean. I think Maizie appreciates his unique way of communicating. She often looks at me and says, "Do you know what he is saying?" If I say, "No. What?" She will tell me what he said according to her unique outlook on the movie and it is usually quite cute. I think she understands his movies more than me. There was a scene where Mr. Bean was lip syncing an opera with a kid he was traveling with and Maizie was laughing so hard. I must admit it was quite cute.