Well the other day Jackie got a seizure and as I laid in bed after the ordeal I started thinking about the blog. I've been away from it for a long time now so a good reason to start it up again is to talk about her seizures.
Jackie got her first seizure on Oct. 31, 2003. I know the exact day because it was the same day that we closed on our house. We had finally manage to buy our house and after the closing we went home and picked up my Mom, Jackie, son and headed to the new house. Mind you by new house I mean that it is new to us because in reality it is an old house, almost 100 years old and needed work but at the time it was exactly what we wanted (and could afford). After carrying her inside she baptized it my making a mess on herself but that's beside the point. That night after we were all in bed my Mom ran into my bedroom screaming that Jackie was "dying". We ran in there to see her with her eyes rolled back and her body shaking, then my husband started panicking also -- I should tell you that after the ordeal he told me that he panicked because he saw his father die and it reminded him of that -- I went into auto pilot and called 911 told them what was going on and changed my clothes while I waited for them to come. We went to the emergency and that's when they told us what it was because we had never seen anyone with a seizure before. After it had passed her jaw was locked open so they had to put it back in place. Now she gets them at least once a month and they tend to coincide with her cycle.
Remembered when I said I went into auto pilot? Well I tend to do that with emergencies, I place my brain in a different state so I can deal with the issue, then when it has passed that's when it hits me and I start crying, panicking, etc. With that said, now every time she gets a seizure I get very nervous because I haven't been able to grasp the though of seeing her go through it and now my husband is the one in control like its nothing.
Since we started having to deal with seizures we make it a point to ask questions to anyone that we meet that has had them and we've come to the conclusion that when a person is having one they don't feel it and when it is done they have no idea that it has happened. This gives us some relief because now we know that she is not in any pain and as long as she is stable in her chair or bed she is safe.
