interim Joan update...

Just a quicky. The neurology nurse called to invite me to join a focus group on pediatric stroke care in the hospital. While I had her on the phone, I told her about "the incident."

She told me to keep an eye out for a second instance - particularly if it happens during the day. But she thinks Joan actually had a night terror, because she was in a real fit right before. She said sometimes, kids hold their breath, or are too busy screaming to get enough air during a night terror episide, and it makes them go a little limp and/or twitchy. She thinks that's the most likely explanation.

So no need to worry! She's been fine since. Obviously, she's still at a risk - a 10 per cent chance isn't nothing - but she's likely still perfectly fine.