Sunday was a strange day for Super D. He had two larger seizures, which is not out of the ordinary. It was the seizures themselves that were odd. Both seizures caught him by surprise.
Normally Super D knows when he is about to have a seizure. I do not know exactly what it is that alerts him. We wonder if he is seeing auras or has some other visual indication one is coming. Whatever it is, it has been a huge blessing. Falls from a seizure had been non-existent for a year or more until two months ago.
We were visiting a relative in July. Our boys and one of my nephews were playing in the yard. Daniel started running around the yard and then had a seizure. He went stiff as a board and fell over backwards. We assumed he could not find an acceptable place to set down. We wrote it off as a fluke and went on.
That was until Sunday. Shortly after getting up, Daniel was playing with his basketball goal that hangs on the basement door. Suddenly I heard the half groan, half cry that he emits often during bad seizures. I was only a few feet away, but by the time I got to him he had his knees against the door, head back and those little fingers caught in the basketball net. That net was the only thing that kept him from falling on a chair he pushed over there. Later that evening he had another one in the driveway. He was standing beside my SUV and went down.
Darlene wonders if the ADD medicine makes him feel so off that he can not tell the difference between what is the new normal and when a seizure is coming. I’m hoping it is only a fluke, however, it very well could be warning us something is wrong. Unfortunately, only time will tell.
The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love. The Lord is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made. All your works praise you, Lord; your faithful people extol you. – Psalm 145:8-10
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