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I don't even know where to start. I got a phone message Tuesday morning 4/28/09 telling me to call my brother. He told me our mom was dead at age 58. It was so unexpected and sudden. She was found dead on the couch by her boyfriend of 29 yrs. The medical examiner believes she may have died of complications from a Grand Mal seizure that ultimately led to her having a stroke from lack of oxygen to her brain, he thinks she choked to death. I am so lost. I knew my mom had had epilepsy her whole life. She hadn't had a seizure for 2 yrs though, now she's gone. My brother found her new prescription still in the pharmacy bag unopened. She apparently hadn't taken it like she was supposed to. We are grieving so much. She didn't plan for anything. We don't know what we're going to do. None of us have any money to lay her to rest, so now her body is sitting at the ME's office. All she has is her 4 children and her boyfriend, no friends, no family besides us and one brother. None of us are financially stable individuals. I just don't think she planned to die so early in life. For those of you with epilepsy I am begging you to make sure that your family knows your last wishes, pre-plan/pre-pay if you can just in case something happens, I wish she had, I wish we had thought of it, epilepsy can kill, I never knew that. Those of you caring for people with epilepsy, or know someone with it, please make sure they take their medication. Know the signs, symptoms, etc. Mom, I miss you, wherever you are now, you're no longer suffering, and for that, I am grateful.
Alicia
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