Thursday started out sunny and pretty here in the ATL, and I was really looking forward to sitting down to lunch with my peeps, Dawn and Michelle…We’d just been chatting for a few minutes and my food was being placed in front of me, when I thought I heard my phone ring.  That was a miracle really as it’s loud at La Parilla at lunchtime, even louder today as someone was celebrating their b’day and they were singing to them.  I didn’t recognize the number but called back and it was the nurse from Simpson Elementary calling to tell me Jackson had collapsed at lunch.  He had “sort of” fainted and the paramedics were there already checking him out.  They didn’t know if they were taking him to the hospital yet…whoa horsey.  I’m just around the corner at lunch and no one is taking my baby to the hospital until I get there.
So I run out and my sweet friends take care of my lunch, Michelle brought it by later, God love her, I was starved.  I got to school and it’s pretty scary seeing a fire truck and ambulance out front with all their lights going, knowing they are there for my child.  I ran to the nurse and there I found Jackson, laying down, looking pale and feeble.  The paramedics had checked him out and everything was normal.  They thought he looked a bit dehydrated and his fingernails looked light purple.  He was pale, but he’s always pale.  They were at a loss as to what had caused his collapse.  He was talking, but the nurse said he’d been disoriented earlier.
After sitting up and drinking a few sips of Gatorade he was ready for me to take home.  We all agreed he didn’t need to go to the hospital.  He was weak on his feet and the firemen helped walk him out.  Once we had him in the car, I asked him how he’d felt prior to the fainting spell. He was at lunch, nothing out of the ordinary.  He said he had a flash of headache then bam, he felt light headed and crashed. No stress, noting unusual had been going on.  His friends caught him and held him under his arms so he didn’t fall on the floor when a custodian scooped him up and carried Jack to the nurses office.  He has not been sick and he was perfectly fine all week and this morning.  Nothing out of the ordinary, great week at school and he’s been eating pretty well for Jackson.  He’d had a big breakfast of 4 Eggo waffles, 3 sausage links and a hot cocoa this morning…Ummmm, in my book that’s a big breakfast!
What is so worrisome is he had an incident back early last month where he felt his heart speed up and he couldn’t catch his breath and it scared him (scared us too).  We’d brought him home that time too and had gone to the pediatrician’s office but they found nothing wrong.  Now this.
He laid down on the couch and said he was tired.  All this hit at lunch break time at the Pediatrician’s so I had to wait to talk to anyone.  In the meantime, Jackson felt better and asked if he could have a bowl of cereal!  Next thing I know, he’s sitting there eating, watching TV and playing his DS.  He’s totally fine and rejuvenated.  I finally talk to the pediatric nurse and she said they don’t feel they need to see him right now since everything is apparently fine again.  They told me to watch him,
, really, I thought I’d ignore him for the rest of the day!  The school nurse and I both feel that he became dehydrated and that’s what caused his fainting.  From now on he will have a bottle of Gatorade with him during the day to sip on.
So we are in a wait and see mode with Jackson.  It’s amazing to see your child being helped by firemen out to the car because he is so unsteady on his feet and then in less than 2 hrs. he’s eating and fine!  I think I will schedule a general physical for him and have his blood work looked at.  But for now, Jackson is good and just gave us a big old scare.  I must say, everyone was so sweet at the school and looked after my baby with such care.  Simpson Elementary is a great school, as is our fire department.  They were wonderful as well. I’m whipped physically and mentally over this! 
I’ll be glad when my head hits the pillow tonight.