Did she just...

I know that I am not the only mother of a four year old daughter that suffers from the stomping disorder. Or the "ugh!"-ing disorder. You know, they stomp, ugh, screech- whatever they find necessary to have the last word in an argument about how its going down? Well, this is the epitome of Ana this week. *.* Stomp *UGH* STOMP *UGH* STOMP STOMPSTOMPPPP*

Anywho- on a more positive note, she has been quite patient with me this week. Usually when I hit a rough patch of sickness, Ana is the first to act up and throw fits. This week, either I scared her badly or she just decided that Aunt Tracy saved the day(s) enough to make it better. This week began a little rocky, but by Tuesday morning, I was beginning to feel scary bad and I was easily disoriented and confused. Wednesday morning, I woke up and drove Allen to work, and when it was time to drive back home, I suddenly felt overcome by something, like I was exhausted but not, so I decided to just cut the car off and rest for a minute. I set my alarm and went to sleep. Nest thing I knew, I was waking to the alarm, but I didn't feel right. I tried to drive home, but I couldn't focus, my head was so clouded. I decided that as soon as I could get to the next well lit place, I was going to pull over and stay there, no matter what, until I felt safe to drive. I pulled into a church and I don't remember anything until hours later when Sherry called me in a panic because I never showed back up at home. She tells me now that I couldn't talk coherently and that she talked me as I drove home and that when I arrived I was not coherent and I could not talk in any understandable fashion. I remember crawling into bed and that is all I remember until lunchtime, when Sherry gave me chicken pot pie, I remember how warm it was and how freezing I was and how I ached and how I was shaking. I don't remember anything again until Allen told me that Eli was about to get off the bus and that I had just had two seizures. That was most likely the scariest day of my life. Thank goodness, the next day my Neurologist finally decided to start me on some anti-seizure meds, including an emergency PRN that stops seizures underway that someone can slip into my mouth that will dissolve or that I can take when I feel a seizure coming that will prevent it. This has made all the difference. I hope that eventually I will stop having the oncoming seizures and the regular meds will be strong enough in my system to prevent them.

Another busy week down, and another underway. Eli has managed 5's all week again and I am glad. It is so nice to have a teacher that is not so busy trying to meet a quota that she forgets that my child is an individual. She told Mom and Dad at the Grandparent's Day celebration yesterday that he is her little buddy. :D

Hope you are all doing well.