Been awhile for my parents

[valeriedl]

A few days ago I had 2 pretty bad seizures right in a row. I blacked out, was drooling, speaking in tongues and I who knows what else. They weren't grand mals but I think I was doing almost everything but shake during these ones.

My husband and I moved in together about 8 years ago, boyfriend/girlfriend then, and it's been probably been at around 6 years since my parents have seen ones like that. My husband has seen so many however that he's lost count.

We live next door to my parents and my mom ran over while I was having the first and started banging on the door to let my husband know. My husband ran back over to their place. He said my dad was sitting beside me staring at his watch timing the seizure and kept asking me questions - What's my name, who is he, who is my mom, where am I etc.... None of these I could answer.

When I went into the second one they insisted on calling 911 because of everything that was going on. I don't know if I've changed what I do during a seizure since they've seen me have a bad one last but my husband told them to wait because all the things I was doing I usually do when the seizure is a bad one and it was normal.

I came out of it in the ambulance shortly after they it got there. The EMT was asking me how I was feeling and if I thought I needed to go to the ER. I told him I didn't know because I didn't see the seizure happen so he should ask my parents and husband to see what they thought, but I didn't think I did. The EMT started asking me questions to fill out his paper work - my name, birth date, social security numb and other things.

"I think you're ok because I can't answer all that about myself," the EMT told me laughing.

When my husband brought me back home I saw that I had a different shirt on. He told me that my mom wanted him to get a new shirt for me because there was drool all over the other one. Don't know why? I don't think there's a dress code ER if I would have ended up going to it. I told him I was just really glad that he got one that fit!

 

[SlimBlue]

Lol, my mum would be bringing me pants and socks if she knew I was going into hospital - mums are great

 

[jenbayly17]

Valeriedl
I am glad that your husband and parents were with you. My parents still have not seen my grand mal seizures occur. I had absence seizures when I was younger and my first grand mal seizure happened on my first day of college classes. I guess I was a little more homesick or stressed than I thought would be possible when I was leaving home and moving 2 hours from my mom who growing up was my seizure catcher. now almost 15 years after my first grand mal I have had a count of 5 total. My friends from college and my husband have been the witnesses to those seizures and my immediate family have always been super concerned and get the relay of what happens from those that were there. I do know however that the first person I want to talk to aside from my husband is always my mom. Mom's are great. My mom's most recent test with me was being here during my recent med change so my husband could still work and others wouldn't wonder if I were having trouble when I would have been alone. The only thing that she had to deal with was an anxiety attack, which I had never had before and was not sure what was happening so we made a trip to the ER that day. Otherwise adjusting to different sleeping routines and some moodiness all pretty much have become very less noticeable since the beginning of the med change. I hope that your seizures become more manageable for you. As protective as our mamas can be in my case especially I usually am at more peace when my mom has talked to me. Good luck with everything and keep in touch. :hugs:

 

[Janus]

Isn't that coincidental. I am 2,000 miles away from my mom and she and i still talk a lot she is the base for me and she is still the emergency contact on those lists. She is coo as all get out also.