Josiah Update - Laaaaate Wednesday Night

Hi Everyone

Josiah had a return trip to the Abbotsford hospital tonight. After coming home this afternoon and sleeping wonderfully for almost six hours, he woke up and was happy but around 9:00 PM he began some very alarming panicky/completely-out-of-it/hyperventilating behavior that he couldn't control and we couldn't stop. It didn't appear to be respiratory related nor did it appear to be pain (he wasn't crying per se, just freaking out) and he wasn't interactive and nothing could comfort him. We attempted to sedate him, but that didn't work either.

The paramedics were called (LOTS showed up!) which put an interesting cap to our Young Adults night, and Josiah was taken to emergency. After at least an hour of this behavior it stopped and Josiah was able to focus, respond to us, be calm, and 'talk' before he decided that it would be most excellent to sleep.

So he's receiving antibiotics and Marie's with him at the hospital. Whenever it is possible he will be transferred to BC Children's where they will try to sort out what happened (bizarre seizure? ear infection gone bad? weird respiratory distress?) We're praying for fast healing and appropriate action along the way ... and we're grateful that our God continues to sustain and provide for our little guy. We're also praying that his chronic ear infection will be dealt with once and for all.

Thanks for your prayers, concerns, and well wishes. Please continue to prayer for our energy, wisdom for all, comfort and healing for Josiah, and safety. I'll be posting updates as I can throughout the next couple of days.

Grace & Peace.
- Andrew, Marie & Josiah