Day Two

By the next day we could tell Jake was still very sick, but at least with the anti-seizure medicine, he wasn't seizing anymore.  We were instructed when we left the hospital that he would need to be held or at least monitored at all times for the next few days. 

So we took turns holding him, pretty much nonstop, for the next 48 hours or so.  This was partly out of necessity and partly out of fear.  I just couldn't leave him in his bed all alone.
It was also difficult to set him down because the anti-seizure medicine was making him have tremors.  Poor guy was shaky even when he wasn't seizing.

In the afternoon I had to take him back to Kaiser for a follow-up with the pediatrician.  His regular was out of town, so we saw another doctor.  He mostly just talked with me to get the whole story and looked at Jake a little bit, but otherwise, I felt like it was a lame appointment.  He fell asleep on the drive back home.

Later in the day, Jason set him down on the floor to see if he would want to play.

He picked up a toy, then laid forward and fell asleep.

This picture was taken quite late at night as I was holding him while he slept.

Throughout yesterday and today, we've had to keep him on Tylenol and Ibuprofen, alternating them of course.  But only with both in his system did his fever stay under control. 

With both medicines we were able to keep his fever around 100 degrees, but it would shoot back up pretty high when even one of them wore off.