Telegraphic status update

I'm typing this post on my phone while standing beside Izzy's hospital bed at the pediatric intensive care unit so it will be a telegraphic style status update. On Tuesday we had Izzy admitted to the hospital because the frequency of her seizures went from awful to horrendous and we suspected that she was in nonconvulsive status epilepticus. The 24-hour EEG confirmed our suspicion and showed that the Bean is indeed in the state of constant seizures. She received a dose of Versed to sedate her and break the continuous seizures but unfortunately it only worked for an hour before her brain returned to seizing nonstop. Right now she is on a drip, receiving Versed intravenously until tomorrow morning and we are hoping that it will do the trick. If the intravenous drugs can't break her out of the nonconvulsive status then she will be put in a coma to reboot her brain. Once they induce coma, Izzy will be intubated and a central line will be put in. Despite of the annoying smith hat on her head, the pesky cannula in her nose, the stinkin IV in her arm and all the stupid wires stuck on her, the Bean is still her delightful charming self, smiling, making happy sounds, flirting with the nurses and the doctors. The Versed should have knocked her out, but she just looks like she had a couple drinks, smiley and mellow. I asked the nurse and the doctor if I could get a shot of Versed, but they didn't seem to take my request seriously enough.