Working off of that quote, I can only conclude that "Seizure Katie" has DECIDED she likes me to wear my coffee. I mean... what is the deal? She clearly didn't find it to be a mistake the second time, I have witnesses and they said it looked pretty much like she knew what she was doing.
So, going off of that, what the hell, Seizure Katie?!
Yesterday was a normal morning. Randy and I were having coffee,
we were watching Brody play with the dogs, Quinn was trying to get us to give her some coffee. And then my aura started. I looked at Randy and I said "Oh no" (or maybe I said "Oh shit") and then I don't remember anything until I was up in my closet being told to change out of my pajamas because I was covered in coffee. So, I was defeated for the rest of the morning.
By mid-afternoon, I was feeling better about it. Sometimes I get to the point where I just want to laugh about it instead of feeling defeated and knew I could rely on Brody for that. So I asked him for his POV of the seizure and the situation. He said "Mom... This one was weird. I was playing on the floor, right? I had the dogs and dog toy and we were playing. And then all of sudden, Randy said "Brody! Get her cup, get her cup!" And I didn't know what he meant at first, and then I realized he meant your cup and I turned around just in time to see you just... And he mimicked what my space out face looks like (or what I'm told my space out face looks like) so well, and then showed me the way my hand just sort of tipped my coffee cup over. "And Mom! You just.... dumped your coffee out. You just stared at nothing and poured your coffee out and didn't even care. What if it had still been hot?! Oh man Mom... You're so lucky it wasn't hot. And I am sorry I am kind of giggling but you should have seen your face." and it's ok, because I was kind of giggling too. And then he told me about how I sort of, did a repetitive motion with my fingers and created a pattern with them once Randy took my coffee cup away- which is totally normal for my seizures. The coffee thing is new, but the repetitive motions is not. I knew getting an 11 year olds take on things would make it a little easier to deal with. (Just a little though.)
I also had a moment this morning when I was approached by a friend- she's wondering if I have advice for someone she knows who is going to be getting surgery for epilepsy. And I would like to say that I can't believe that's another person that I know who knows someone or just another person that I know... but 1 in 26 people will develop epilepsy in their lifetime. I feel like I need to throw that out there every once in a while in case someone didn't see that before. Counting me, there are 7 people I can name right now that either have it or someone close to them does and that is crazy- not NEARLY enough is done or known about epilepsy. There is still a huge stigma, people are still stupid and making jokes, and I hope there is more awareness soon.
1 in 26.
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