What A Life!

 Yesterday didn't go as planned!

Not at all, not even a little bit.

All started at 5am, I hadn't really slept. I'd fall asleep, have weird dreams that would wake me up, try to sleep again, only to have the cats fighting! At 5am, I was wondering if I should just give up, get up and do a few things, but it started to rain. I gave up, as I had planned to do outside, and actually managed to sleep until just after 6am. Hannah sent me a photo of her breakfast! She had teacher training last week, so an early start. We have this little ritual, she would send a photo of her breakfast, and I would send photos of the cats!

I had my breakfast, thought about doing some chores, but I was so tired that I went back to bed for an hour, which turned into 2!

At 10:30, my phone rang. It was Hannah. Cue panic attack. As I said, she is doing teacher training, so her phone is off between 8am and 4:30 pm, so why was she calling?

She'd had another seizure! 

I yelled for Mikey to get ready, I packed a few things because I didn't know what she would want to do. If she wanted me to stay with her for a few days or come back here for a while.

Hannah sent the address of the hospital she was taken to. It took an hour to get there, a very long hour!

When Hannah had called me, she had just come round and was in the ambulance; she wasn't very clear about what had happened and why she was in the ambulance.

We got to the hospital, Hannah had had some tests and an MRI. I went in to see the doctor with her. The consultation was long and detailed. He thinks she might have epilepsy, especially since this is the third one in a year. Even though the doctor is a neurologist, he said he could diagnose her with epilepsy because that isn't his field. He suggested a few hospitals that have specialists, none of them near here. The nearest is about an hour away.

After the hospital, we went to Hannah's apartment, she packed her stuff, I cleaned her dishes, and she is staying here for a week. She's tired, stressed, and has cuts on her lips!

Even though this was really scary for Hannah, she was really worried about the kids that she was observing. It was a junior high school, 3rd-grade class, so the kids were about 15 years old. She was worried that they might have been scared or traumatized by seeing someone have a seizure. She wrote to the class teacher, apologizing for having the seizure and asking if the kids were okay. The teacher said that the kids were fine and asking after Hannah!

So my day of cleaning the garden, cleaning the house, completely changed! I still have to do all that. I did a bit today, but I need to do a lot more tomorrow. Having Hannah here means she can help as well!

One good thing, I didn't turn to sweets to get me through yesterday. I didn't eat very healthily, but didn't buy any sweet breads or ice cream, which is what I usually do!

The cats reminded me not to ignore them by eating through a loaf of bread!

My poor bread!

This is what greeted me when I got back last night!

Hannah has an appointment for the 18th. I really hope she can get this sorted out. We are looking into diet and lifestyle changes to help.

If anyone has any ideas, please leave a comment!

Please be kind if you do comment; this is stressful and scary for us!