Within a few days after being dismissed from the hospital, my mom started feeling quite a bit better, save a few fleeting moments of dizziness. Signs were pointing towards her seizure being a fluke at that point, but we still wanted to find out the cause if at all possible.
I took her to her appointment, which was nearly a week after her hospital stay. The appointment took nearly two hours, and she emerged wearing this headdress of sorts that was connected by a tube to a battery pack. She had to wear this unit for the entire weekend, and any headaches or dizzy spells would be recorded for further evaluation.
I stayed with her most of the day before having to leave. She wanted to be on her own for the weekend to see if she could take care of herself after spending the past week with my sisters and me taking care of her. By Sunday night, she had removed the unit and was going to return it the next morning. She told me she had no symptoms at all, and felt pretty close to her normal self.
On Thursday she was due for her test results. The EEG came back negative as well, which all but confirmed the seizure was a fluke after all. The cause was still a mystery, but we're out of the woods. My mom is still not allowed to drive for the next 10 weeks, but it's a small nuisance to make sure this doesn't become a recurring problem.
The first 24 hours or so after her seizure was initially very scary. My mom has been in fairly good health her entire life, and she's even taken measures to improve her health by getting some regular exercise and switching to a predominantly gluten-free diet. We're all relieved that her condition isn't debilitating or long-term. Still, we're all lucky she was able to get in the hospital as quickly as she did, or else this post would have a very different tone to it.
I took her to her appointment, which was nearly a week after her hospital stay. The appointment took nearly two hours, and she emerged wearing this headdress of sorts that was connected by a tube to a battery pack. She had to wear this unit for the entire weekend, and any headaches or dizzy spells would be recorded for further evaluation.
I stayed with her most of the day before having to leave. She wanted to be on her own for the weekend to see if she could take care of herself after spending the past week with my sisters and me taking care of her. By Sunday night, she had removed the unit and was going to return it the next morning. She told me she had no symptoms at all, and felt pretty close to her normal self.
On Thursday she was due for her test results. The EEG came back negative as well, which all but confirmed the seizure was a fluke after all. The cause was still a mystery, but we're out of the woods. My mom is still not allowed to drive for the next 10 weeks, but it's a small nuisance to make sure this doesn't become a recurring problem.
The first 24 hours or so after her seizure was initially very scary. My mom has been in fairly good health her entire life, and she's even taken measures to improve her health by getting some regular exercise and switching to a predominantly gluten-free diet. We're all relieved that her condition isn't debilitating or long-term. Still, we're all lucky she was able to get in the hospital as quickly as she did, or else this post would have a very different tone to it.
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