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September 13, 2005
Seizures and red rover
An eventful day. Gbic had a seizure (first one since late August of 2004, and the first since coming off phenobarbital in early February). It wasn't particularly worse than any of her other two... she did puke but i'd taken her outside because i thought she needed to go for a walk. Talked her through it and pet her lots until it was over. Richard was with me so I had him go in and grab my phone. I called the vet's and told them she'd had a seizure and we were bringing her in. That was at 1:45pm. We got to the vet's at around 2 and I sat waiting in the front for 15 minutes. Then they shoved us in an examining room until 3:10. Wheee. One of the vet's finally came in, and checked Gbic's reflexes etc. and we talked about possible causes (Epilepsy, brain tumor). The vet was surprised that Gbic hadn't had any seizures while on the pheno before (as it's only supposed to surpress and lengthen the time between seizures, not stop them all together), and said we could start her up on that again today. I was pretty calm throughout everything -- I think I've finally reached that place that my mom was able to find when Heather was having seizures. Cry later if you must, but during, just suck it up and be as comforting as possible.
So, back on an every 12 hr schedule. I think we're going to aim for 7:30am and 7:30pm. Liveable, but still eh.
In happier news, we appear to have started a trend. Today Sarah decided she might like to move out here -- she's already booked a flight for Columbus Day weekend to come out and visit and see the area. Later tonight Harliv messaged me and we were catching up (impending Daddyhood -- congrats!) and he and Param and the new addition want to move up this way after the baby is born. They haven't decided between here and the Portland area, but that's extremely cool :)
Posted by jodikins at September 13, 2005 12:02 AM