A strange event...

Last evening something strange happened with Beau.  Shortly before we sat down to eat supper, Beau was playing in the living room just off the kitchen while I was making supper.  Andy and I were there and Beau had been playing great and walking around following Andy.  All the sudden it was like someone had flipped a switch.  Beau started to whimper and then he fell down.  It quickly became apparent that he didn't have the use/feeling of his right leg.  We'd stand him up and immediately catch him as his right leg wouldn't support him at all.  We laid him down and Andy tried to manipulate both legs trying to get Beau to lift them up and kick at Andy's hands.  Beau easily lifted his left leg up high and pushed back on Andy's hand.  He couldn't get his right leg to raise even a quarter of the distance his left leg did and you could tell he didn't know what it was doing.  He was quite scared - as anyone would be when they suddenly lose function of a limb.  To avoid scaring him anymore, we set him in his chair for dinner.  He ate pretty well but still whimpered periodically throughout the meal.  Beau isn't a cranky kid so we knew something wasn't right.  After dinner I held him and took him back into the living room to play with him and his toys.  He has a table he likes to play at and normally he will walk around it.  He crawled around the table being very cautious.  I got him to stand up to look out the window and he pulled himself up and his right leg stayed out to the side and behind him.  It was holding him better but still not moving like it should.  Over the next ten minutes it seemed that the function slowly came back and eventually it was as if the event had never occurred.  The whole event from start to finish lasted about 40 minutes. 

I left a message this morning for our neurologist.  The event itself was scary but it really doesn't surprise me since we know that there is an abnormality in the brain near the right leg.  In fact, knowing that piece of information is what kept me calm and didn't completely freak us out.  It's worrisome though that this is happening because I don't believe that this has ever happened to Beau before.  The brain is such an amazing machine and every day I learn more and more about how much control it has. 

Beau didn't sleep well last night either.  He tossed and turned for the first couple hours of sleep and we finally got to sleep around 12:30.  He seemed to have a few leg movements but they all seemed benign.  He whimpered quite a bit like he couldn't get comfortable.  It's moments like these that make me wish so terribly that Beau could talk and could tell me what hurts or what he is experiencing.