Staying in hospital after all

We spoke too soon! Just as Nix was packing Abigail’s things away to prepare for her discharge from hospital this afternoon, Abby suffered an unexpectedly long epileptic seizure that required drug intervention to get under control. Having not had a major fitting episode in 48 hours it was felt that Abby was ready to come home, but obviously this seizure has meant that doctors have reluctantly decided to keep Abby in for the time being. They are unable to offer any idea as to when she might be allowed home at this stage – it really depends on how she is over the next few days. Clearly this is very disappointing for us, and particularly so since it had seemed to make sense that Abby got better quite quickly because her regular medication had been adjusted. Now she’s had another major fit it may be sometime before Abby’s epilepsy can properly be considered to be ‘stable’ again.