Well, for those of you who didn't know, Kayla was in the hospital on March 23, just after midnight. She was in there for three days with a case of viral meningitis. Thank God she's fine now. I must say, it was one of the most scariest times we have experienced.
The interesting part of all this is Mozart, the unlikely hero. If it wasn't for him, we probably would not have found Kayla passed out and unconscious. Who knows how long she would have been unconscious and perhaps suffered some long-term damage.
It all started on Saturday night after dinner. We had a late supper (after 9pm) and went into our room to watch T.V. Mishal and Tati followed us to the room to watch as well. Kayla went to bed and was talking on the phone. She said she wasn't feeling too good and she thought she was getting the flu. Mom just got home from the "Valley" and went to bed early. I think it was around 10:30PM when Mozart started to bark. I'm guessing at this point that he wants to go out for his nightly duty. As soon as I opened the door to our room, he darted towards Kayla's room so I followed him. He never acted like this before. So I followed him to try to get him to go by the back door.
As I came into Kayla's room, Mozart jumped right on Kayla's bed, something he NEVER does. It was weird because I yelled at him to get off, which he did but did not run away. He just started to bark. That's when I noticed that Kayla did not yell at him, something like "Stupid dog, get off my bed!" as she normally would have. When I looked towards Kayla, that's when I realized something was wrong. She was slumped over on the side of her bed partially on the desk next to her. She was also making a "snoring" sound but it didn't sound right. Thinking she was just asleep, I tried waking her up. She wasn't responding and Mozart was going crazy barking and jumping on my back. I started yelling and that's when Mom and Tati came to see what was wrong. I told Tati that something was wrong with Kayla and to call her mom and put Mozart in the crate. Debbie and Mishal came out screaming and everything was in chaos.
Debbie called 911 and I carried Kayla from her bed to the living room. She was not responding to any of us calling her name but at least she was still breathing. The paramedics where there a few minutes later but it seemed like forever. It's hard to explain the feeling of helplessness as I was holding Kayla. We didn't know what was wrong or what to do.
During the ride in the ambulance, Kayla was coming to but was totally out of it. She could not remember anything that happened. She was very incoherent through the whole ride and even when we got to the hospital. When we finally arrived, they started running some test by drawing blood. It was about 11:30pm now. Based on her symptoms, they took a precaution and made her wear a mask because they thought it might be meningitis.
So five and a half hours later (5:30am), they performed a spinal tap to see if it was meningitis. The test results came back positive after 8:00am. We were now waiting for a room which didn't become available until after 12:00 Sunday afternoon. Kayla was in isolation for her stay at the hospital. All visitors had to wear gloves and a mask. She was put on antibiotics for the virus.
Wednesday afternoon, her Infectious Disease Specialist cleared her to go home. During her stay, she had lots of family and friends who visited. She was still nauseas for at least a week but eventually recovered fully.
We would like to thank everyone who visited and kept her in our prayers. Kayla is doing fine now and we have a lot to be thankful for, especially for our unlikely hero, Mozart.
