I’ve talked about our early experiences with epilepsy in my previous two posts. My wife had no seizures during the time she was pregnant with our three children or any of the time between the pregnancies. About two years after our third child was born, my wife had another seizure. Almost a year later, she had another one. Like every other seizure she has had in her life, these occurred at night.
I was more prepared for these seizures that the ones before. During both seizures, she screamed before she started convulsing. She also fell out of the bed. My response both times was the same. I got out of the bed and looked at the clock. I made a mental note of the time because I knew that the doctor would ask how long it lasted. Next, I went over to check on her to make sure that she wasn’t hurting herself. Both times, she knocked over a flimsy table we were using as a night stand. The tables always fell out of the way and luckily the lamp on the table didn’t break. One of the times she fell with her head close enough to the wall that it was hitting as she convulsed so I pulled her away from the wall. Other than that, I left her alone. The first time, I left the room and went to the kitchen. I found our insurance book and started looking for the names of neurologists who were in our insurance network. I also wrote down the start time of the seizure both times and waited for it to stop before I helped her back into bed. They put her back on medication for several years after the last seizure.
She has been off medication and seizure free for several years now. I was more prepared for these seizures that the ones before. During both seizures, she screamed before she started convulsing. She also fell out of the bed. My response both times was the same. I got out of the bed and looked at the clock. I made a mental note of the time because I knew that the doctor would ask how long it lasted. Next, I went over to check on her to make sure that she wasn’t hurting herself. Both times, she knocked over a flimsy table we were using as a night stand. The tables always fell out of the way and luckily the lamp on the table didn’t break. One of the times she fell with her head close enough to the wall that it was hitting as she convulsed so I pulled her away from the wall. Other than that, I left her alone. The first time, I left the room and went to the kitchen. I found our insurance book and started looking for the names of neurologists who were in our insurance network. I also wrote down the start time of the seizure both times and waited for it to stop before I helped her back into bed. They put her back on medication for several years after the last seizure.
She has been off medication and seizure free for several years now.
