Post by sparkythelawyer on Sept 1, 2014 20:26:57 GMT -5
I only know the grand mals my husband has, but they are nothing like that. HOWEVER, his behavior afterwards has been straight up weird, so if you guys saw him right after the seizure ended it's possible. I'm also wondering if he has ever had his blood sugar tested? That sounds a whole lot like a hypoglycemic episode to me.
If he still is lazy to take a medication after this, threaten a divorce and maybe he will stop being lazy and take his medication like he is suppose to
Update: we're home now, thanks for all the support.
Docs suppose that what we saw with him tangled in blinds was H having a "fight or flight" reaction or a longer clinic phase due to infection after the seizure. He was still weird for about 10 minutes and still didn't know what month it was when he reached the hospital. He was given meds and they monitored his infection, and it turns out he just bruised his ribs.
It's kind of scary that he was just sent home after this. We're scheduling a meeting with his neurologist tomorrow. He got his meds as soon as we got home.
I know it's scary, but it doesn't surprise me that they went ahead and sent him home. The grand mal seizures that I've witnessed were, unfortunately, normal. They're not well understood, and since nothing in his body was badly hurt (his heart, for example) there's not really anything a hospital can do for him.
He just needs to rest. I'm sending you all so many good thoughts! Rest well tonight!
I had seizures when I was young. I don't remember what kind they were. One time, I had a seizure in my mom's car. She pulled me out and then turned around to get a blanket, and in the span of those few seconds, My seizure ended and I tried to walk into school because all I could think of was "it's spaghetti day." Seizures do weird things to your brain, and sometimes can make you think whatever you're doing is totally normal, and that makes them even scarier.
I'm glad your H is doing ok, considering. Hopefully his appointment tomorrow goes well.
Post by sparkythelawyer on Sept 1, 2014 23:25:47 GMT -5
@bettyhomewrecker33, that sounds pretty typical in my experience. I've often said that with my husband's episodes, its like shutting off all the power to an entire house and then turning the lights back on one room at a time. My husband can be pretty messed up for about 20-30 minutes after an episode, and we almost never even bother to go to the ER anymore. For example, I'll ask him about five minutes afterwards what's his name, where does he live and how old he is, etc. He'll always know I'm his wife, but the first time I ask him how old he is, he'll say he's 16! Five minutes later he's 21, then 26, etc. I think it just takes a minute for the brain to get its shit together after the electrical storm it just experienced.
I'm sorry you had to see that though, when you are not expecting it they can be scary as heck!
. I don't want to think about that ambulance ride cost right now.
Also, I know this isn't the most important thing right now, but your insurance may cover it without an OOP payment from you.
When my H went to the ER in the winter the fee was waived because it was a "local" hospital and often times it gets waived if the person was admitted.
Fingers crossed it gets waived.
I'm so sorry
I want to ditto autumn though. I got the bill, submitted my ins info to them and they covered it completely. I wasn't admitted, but I had a bad fall with a head laceration, so it was deemed medically necessary. I will also thank good thoughts that your ins covers the entire bill.
"Why would you ruin perfectly good peanuts by adding candy corn? That's like saying hey, I have these awesome nachos, guess I better add some dryer lint." - Nonny
Just a question, before this happened was he a bit agitated? Or did he seem "off"? I know with my husband before he has a seizure he gets very agitated, and he is not a nice person at all. It is very weird but definitely know when a seizure is coming on when he acts like that.
He needs to keep up on his meds and just let him know next time it could be his child that sees this and he could not only hurt himself, but her too.
Hoping he feels better, and realizes he NEEDS these meds.
Oh Betty, huge hugs!! I'm thinking maybe this is the (unfortunate/ scary/ unnecessary/ etc.) wake-up call he needed to get more serious about med accountability. So glad this didn't end worse. Cheering for you both- patience on your end & responsible compliance on his!