Well life has turned a bit upside down the last few weeks. That is why I have not been around. I know many of you follow my youtube channel Back in Diapers, but for those of you who don't i wanted to give you an update.
So On May 31st My boyfriend was scheduled to have his wisdom teeth surgery. Well everything was going well. We got there and got all settled in and the doctors all talked to us and they were getting his IV in and just about to put him out, when all the sudden I passed out and had a seizure. I was out for a long time. Over five minutes, which is the longest they like to see anything seizure related happening. So the doctor that witnessed it decided to call 911. I had flopped forward and the doctor happened to catch me. He held me for over five minutes till I came to. I was so weak I could not move on my own at all. He and my boyfriend managed to get me into the chair which my boyfriend was sitting in for the surgery.
This is when they started to get really worried. They hooked me up to all the monitors to check my vitals. But they could not get any of the monitors to pick up my vitals. They could not find a heat rate because it was low and my Blood Pressure was so low that the cuff could not get it. This went on for several minutes. When the ambulance arrived they took over trying to get a pulse and BP. Finally they were able to get it but it was really low. They loaded me into the ambulance and tried to get an IV. they finally got that in and were off.
At the hospital they ran some tests and did a CT scan of my head to see if they could see anything wrong. Everything came back ok and in less than an hour they released me. The ER doctor said that he was not going to call it a seizure because if he did I would not be allowed to drive for six months. He said it was just a fainting spell. So he sent me off and said that if it happened again then they would consider a seizure diagnosis.
Well later that night it did happen again. But it was different than the first one. This time I did not pass out. Only one side of my body seized. And I stayed awake for it. So we did not call 911 we just road it out, hoping that was the last one. Well... It wasn't. Over the next few days I had several more seizures. One was really bad and we did call 911. They took me in and once again after blood work just sent me home with no idea of what they wanted us to do. This went on for over a week. We did not go to the hospital for all of them. But there was one thing we went in for. I had a seizure that morning and then though out the day I had a headache that was the worst I had ever experienced in my life. So the doctor decided that he would do a couple of CT scans to make sure all was ok in my head. This meant they had to get a second IV in my arm so they could give me IV contrast. This is a miserable process for me. I hate needles number one and my veins have been used so much that they now are tiny and hide as soon as they poke it into me. So they tried for about 15 minutes to get an IV in my arm and my body had just had it. I had a seizure right there in the ER. The funny thing was that my doctor that night was the one who first told me it was just fainting and not a seizure. So now he actually saw me have one. Which in a way was good. That was the first one the doctors had actually witnessed. Anyway so they medicated me up to prevent any more seizures that night and sent me off to the test. I was kind of out of it after that. I kept moving for my tests and it took like three tries to get it. All was ok in my head so they sent me home. This time with orders not to Drive, Swim, Or bathe and shower unless someone was around to keep an eye on me.
A few weeks down the road, and I have finally seen a Neurologist for this and he is going to do some testing. I have my first test on Friday to see if these seizure are epileptic or not. This will help them determine what meds to put me on. This is the first step in diagnosing what is really going on.
It has been a long 4 weeks, and I am stuck at home not allowed to drive, or go to work. I spend most of my days feeling very spacey and unable to do things because I am so tired after a seizure. It can be very frustrating and very boring. But we have to figure all this out. Keeping our fingers crossed every day that I will be seizure free!
So On May 31st My boyfriend was scheduled to have his wisdom teeth surgery. Well everything was going well. We got there and got all settled in and the doctors all talked to us and they were getting his IV in and just about to put him out, when all the sudden I passed out and had a seizure. I was out for a long time. Over five minutes, which is the longest they like to see anything seizure related happening. So the doctor that witnessed it decided to call 911. I had flopped forward and the doctor happened to catch me. He held me for over five minutes till I came to. I was so weak I could not move on my own at all. He and my boyfriend managed to get me into the chair which my boyfriend was sitting in for the surgery.
This is when they started to get really worried. They hooked me up to all the monitors to check my vitals. But they could not get any of the monitors to pick up my vitals. They could not find a heat rate because it was low and my Blood Pressure was so low that the cuff could not get it. This went on for several minutes. When the ambulance arrived they took over trying to get a pulse and BP. Finally they were able to get it but it was really low. They loaded me into the ambulance and tried to get an IV. they finally got that in and were off.
At the hospital they ran some tests and did a CT scan of my head to see if they could see anything wrong. Everything came back ok and in less than an hour they released me. The ER doctor said that he was not going to call it a seizure because if he did I would not be allowed to drive for six months. He said it was just a fainting spell. So he sent me off and said that if it happened again then they would consider a seizure diagnosis.
Well later that night it did happen again. But it was different than the first one. This time I did not pass out. Only one side of my body seized. And I stayed awake for it. So we did not call 911 we just road it out, hoping that was the last one. Well... It wasn't. Over the next few days I had several more seizures. One was really bad and we did call 911. They took me in and once again after blood work just sent me home with no idea of what they wanted us to do. This went on for over a week. We did not go to the hospital for all of them. But there was one thing we went in for. I had a seizure that morning and then though out the day I had a headache that was the worst I had ever experienced in my life. So the doctor decided that he would do a couple of CT scans to make sure all was ok in my head. This meant they had to get a second IV in my arm so they could give me IV contrast. This is a miserable process for me. I hate needles number one and my veins have been used so much that they now are tiny and hide as soon as they poke it into me. So they tried for about 15 minutes to get an IV in my arm and my body had just had it. I had a seizure right there in the ER. The funny thing was that my doctor that night was the one who first told me it was just fainting and not a seizure. So now he actually saw me have one. Which in a way was good. That was the first one the doctors had actually witnessed. Anyway so they medicated me up to prevent any more seizures that night and sent me off to the test. I was kind of out of it after that. I kept moving for my tests and it took like three tries to get it. All was ok in my head so they sent me home. This time with orders not to Drive, Swim, Or bathe and shower unless someone was around to keep an eye on me.
A few weeks down the road, and I have finally seen a Neurologist for this and he is going to do some testing. I have my first test on Friday to see if these seizure are epileptic or not. This will help them determine what meds to put me on. This is the first step in diagnosing what is really going on.
It has been a long 4 weeks, and I am stuck at home not allowed to drive, or go to work. I spend most of my days feeling very spacey and unable to do things because I am so tired after a seizure. It can be very frustrating and very boring. But we have to figure all this out. Keeping our fingers crossed every day that I will be seizure free!