No one likes receiving calls from your loved ones saying they are in the hospital.
During the evening, just a few days before New Years, we got a text from Brett saying Caiden was having seizures, they were on the way to the hospital in an ambulance.
"Please pray."
Your heart stops.
You feel frozen.
And you pray.
It was a frightening experience for Brett and Bree. Caiden had been sick
and running a fever. Just before bedtime, while Bree was holding him, he started with a seizure.
Brett has recorded the experience so they will remember the details.
Bree stayed with Caiden for two day the hospital where they diagnosed the seizures were fever induced. Chad and I wanted to be there with them, especially since they are fairly new to Arizona and don't know many people.
Those are difficult times for parents.
It was a good ending to the year as Caiden came home New Years Eve about 10:30 pm.
Brett was taught a great lesson in that experience of the power of the priesthood,
to ALWAYS be worthy to use that gift. One doesn't know in what instant they may be called upon to use it and protect their familee.
A tender mercy of the Lord.
We are so grateful for worthy priesthood holders in our familee.
The hospital in Mesa was a children's hospital. The floor Ciaden was on
had a play room, a wagon and a riding car.
We all did laps around the floor in that little red wagon!
Written by Brett....
I was upstairs and bree yelled hysterically saying "run down here now! Emergency!" she met me on the stairs with Caiden shaking and barely breathing. We of course started freaking out. I had no idea what to do. I threw him over my shoulder and started hitting his back thinking he had throw-up in his mouth and was choking on it. I soon found out that wasn't the case. I ran into my room crying while trying to keep Caiden alive and breathing. I knew I needed to pray. But bree was yelling something downstairs about running next door to DJ house for a blessing. I stopped on the stairs and started to pray. But I couldn't get anything out besides, Heavenly father please help Caiden. Please. I don't know what to do" I couldn't think straight. And all this time kk was turning more and more unresponsive and pale. I ran back upstairs and put kk down on the bed to throw some pants on because I couldn't go next door or to the hospital in my garments. Kk didn't even know I wasn't holding him. It was like he wasn't even inside his body. His eyes began rolling into the back of his head. And the shaking, the shaking was horrible. It was the scariest thing I have ever experienced in my life. I picked him up and ran outside and DJ was standing outside. I ran into his house and said ,"Help. I don't know what to do. He's convulsing and not breathing." I broke down and couldn't hold back my tears. Shocked, DJ just stood there. I said, "He needs a blessing." My mind was going a million miles an hour and I ran back outside and bree was in the car with llayton saying that we needed to go to the urgent care. (uc.) kk was still convulsing and barely breathing. I can't explain the feeling of being completely helpless to my own son. Every step I took he would flop one way or the other. There were a few times where I stopped because I thought Caiden had died. I literally felt him leave. He would shake and shake then stop breathing and go completely limp. I would just cry and beg heavenly father for kk to be ok. It was absolutely the scariest thing I have ever gone through. It was weird because it was like slow motion and I was seeing my life without Caiden in it. Then seconds later I would feel ok... Or better than I did just a second ago. I remembered the alarm system in our house we put in just the week before. I ran back inside our house and hit the panic button. The alarm went off and a few seconds, which seemed like minutes later, they came over the intercom and asked what the emergency was. I told them what was going on. Bree ran in and told the alarm monitoring center that we are going to drive the the uc. Before even thinking I ran into the car in my garment top and held kk. In the car I kept holding him and I began to give him a blessing. I don't remember what I said exactly, but I remember pleading with heavenly father saying sorry I didn't have any oil. But through the power of the Melchizedek priesthood please heal kk from whatever is wrong. The moment I began the blessing he started to slow down his shaking. During the blessing at some point he threw up on me and was able to breath a little easier. The power of the priesthood is real. On the way to the uc. I started gagging and ready to throw up, but luckily was able to keep it down. It smelt awful. And I wad sick so it was actually really hard not to throw up. When we got to the uc. I took off my garment top because it had throw-up on it and I knew I couldn't walk in there in my garment top. So I ran in topless. Holding kk out and explained what was going on. They brought us back and gave kk some oxygen. He wasn't recovering and was still barely breathing. Not responsive at all. Not more than two minutes after we arrived at the uc. we heard the paramedics whizzing by. They called me on my cell phone when the realized I wasn't there. I told them we were at the uc. down the street. They came down and just in time. Caiden started having another seizure. He wasn't doing any better so they gave him some meds and took him into the ambulance with bree to the hospital. I went home to grab a few things. Me and llayton said a prayer for kk. Llayton said it. It was sweet. He said bless kk to feel happy. And that it won't be his fault. Bless daddy to get all better. Bless mommies baby in her tummy to be healthy and strong... Then he finished. We then drove to the hospital. I broke every traffic law. When we pulled in, the fire truck that helped us out was there so I stopped and asked them how Caiden was. They said that he was fine now that they gave him the meds. It took about 25 minutes before he was reacting to what the paramedics were doing. But he had a few more seizures on the way down but he's ok now. I broke down again and thanked them for their work and me and llayton pulled into our parking spot and said another prayer of gratitude. When I walked into the ER DJ was there waiting. What a nice guy. He came to help with the blessing. So after a few minutes with bree and kk he came in and we gave kk a blessing. This time is was geared towards how grateful we were for the power of the priesthood and grateful for our worthiness to use it. Funny. Earlier today I was tempted multiple times but each time I thought, No. That's not right. I felt the spirits presence each time temptation came to my mind. Allowing me to remain worthy for such an occasion. The commandments are there to protect us. Not restrict us.
I wonder if I felt a tiny particle of what heavenly father felt as he watched Christ suffer for us... The feeling of being totally helpless. I am so grateful for the priesthood in my life and the chance I have to be able to use it when needed to bless and protect my family.
