hi everyone
well the past days have not been the best, well really thursday. while at my
sisters i had a grandmal seizure. this was this first time i have had a seizure
in 2 months - and 2 months with out seizures is very good!!!
luckily i was with my sister. this is why -

originally i was going to stay at my house. my husband had left very early
that morning and would not be home till very late that night. when i woke up i
was feeling good. then around 10:00 am i had a small complex seizure. was not
bad - but did surprise me. during the day my sister called and asked if i would
come spend the night with she and her kids. They live about 30 min. or so away
from me. At first i said no, but because i was going to be by myself all day
and pretty much all night i decided to. so my dad picked me up. my parents
live next door to my sister. so really i have no family members close by me at
all.
My father came to get me. Once we arrived home, he and my mom left to go out
of town. My sister was there. So i just started playing outside with my niece
who is 5 and nephew who is 2 - this was about 6:00 pm. My sister went inside
the house. So i was doing great, felt fine had no problems at all and playing
with the kids. Then I just stopped - this strange feeling went through me and i
new a seizure was coming on. So the most important thing first was to get my
sister not only for my help, but more for her children (being so young & they
live along a bayou). I tried telling my niece to get her mom but my words would
not come out correctly. So i went to the door and luckily my sister was right
at the door talking on the phone. I hit the glass window and she came running
out. Then the feeling of fright came over me. This I have not had in a very
long time. My sister had never seen me go through the strange of fright before,
so she had no idea what was going
on. She tried to touch me and I pushed her away. The feeling left and I sat
down and went into the seizure. This part last for about 4 minutes. During the
time I am alert of what is happening around me. Then I stopped and took a very
deep breath. Now when I do this I know a very bad seizure will now start -
usually a grandmal. It did. I was in a chair - went down to the floor. I have
left temple lobe ep. so I was hearing things, seeing bright colorful lights,
drooling, etc. I blanked out for a minutes. Then came aware of things and the
numb, painful feeling ran up my right leg. My r. leg began shaking hard and
hitting the wooden floor, so that did not help the pain I was already having
during the seizure.
My sister was about to call EMS/Ambulance when the seizure stopped.
Thankfully - cause I would have not let them take me or even like that fact if
they would have. I was still very disoriented and unable to talk and walk. So
I crawled back into the house and made my way to a bed. After about 20 min. I
was able to use my right side and speak correctly.
My little niece and nephew were being so sweet & loving. They call me nanny
(na-na for short) and both stayed in the bed with me till i was ok. "toooo
cute."
My sister and I were both talking about what a blessing it was that I came to
visit her. Cause if not I would have been by myself till very late that night
and there is always those "what ifs?" that go along with that question. My
sister is a nurse.
She also got in touch with my husband to let him know what was going on and
that everything was fine.

Just now I'm feeling the after "effects". This will usually last for about 4
to 5 days.

Hopefully in the next day or so I will be better.

Do hope that everyone else has been having a good weekend.

Thanks for just letting vent. Just feels nice to have people who understand.

Y'all take care
Ashley



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