time to get vulnerable
i've never shared these on social media, and never planned to. the people that needed to know, know.
but there is something about this platform that tells me it's okay, that this is a safe space - and that maybe there are others that have been through the same.
in November, the monday before Thanksgiving, our youngest had a seizure. in the middle of the grocery store parking lot. in the car with dad. while his older brother and I were inside.
cue the phone call.
cue the panic.
roughly 20 minutes - from the time I got the phone call from my husband telling me we need to go to the ER to his body finally being able to rest at the hospital.
20 minutes.
that's how long his seizure lasted.
we still have no answers as to why it happened. and maybe never will.
for now he's on a rescue med if he has another and all we can do is hope that it never happens again.
hope.
***i will never be able to thank the ER staff, the security guard that hung out with our oldest & got grandparents where they needed to go, the emt's that transfered us to children's, the neurology team, the nurses on floor 7 or the coffee shop workers on the first floor enough. you all saved his life, and mine too.
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My son is 5 he has frontal lobe seizure don’t know why but they happen at random when he’s waking up , he has an amazing team of nurses and a neurologist that I truly think is the best cause my son likes when he has to go see him . But yes it’s scary but stay strong 💪🏾 ❤️❤️❤️❤️