Background: I had this dream at the beginning of January, 2001 while staying at my parents house to help out with my new little brother. He was born early October of 2000. He was perfectly healthy.

I wake up in the dream. I'm in my room at my parents house, in bed. The room is dark, and I normally like this, but I am getting creepy vibes. I click on my lamp, but it doesn't come on. I figure the bulb must have burnt out, and get up to turn on the overhead light. I flip the switch, and the light comes on, but it is extremely dim. The vibes are persistent, and I don't know what's causing them. I exit my room, heading down the hall, flipping on the light in the hall, but yet again, it is very dim, and does very little to dispell the shadows. I step into the living room, and I can see a little by the light from the hallway. Enough to see my brothers' crib in the corner of the room. It's white, and there is someone or something standing over it, nothing but a pitch black shape. My breath catches and suddenly the creepy vibe cranks up to pure terror. I start across the room, and the shape reaches into the crib. I hear choking, gagging noises, and I wake up.

I nearly vaulted out of my bed after waking from this dream, and ran to check on my brother. He was having a seizure. I couldn't hear the choking, gagging noises from my room, but I heard them when I got right up by the crib. I yelled to my parents and called 911.

That was the first seizure he ever had, and there were no warning signs whatsoever. He had several more seizures, when he was nearly 3 they figured out the cause: a chemical imbalance in his brain. He takes medication for it, and is fine, growing like a weed. He'll be starting kindergarten this fall.

I'm glad your little brother is doing well.

I think you are extremely perceptive and noticed, unconsciously, that there was somethng not quite right about your brother just before he had his first seizure.

It's great that the dream made you check on him.