A strange 24 hours. I was getting ready for work on Monday morning when Marianne came in to tell me that it looked like Jessica had had another seizure. When I saw her it was pretty clear that she had, which is a worry. Doctors have assured us that the seizures themselves – she has ones while she’s asleep, usually very early in the morning – don’t do any damage but we need to address possible medication issues and so on. And, she’s our little girl, even at nine, so you worry.
It meant that I started the day worried and tired – another poor night’s sleep – and the day pretty much continued that way. A solid day in the place-of-employ-that-is-nameless, then home. The ARC of Scott Westerfeld’s Leviathan arrived in the mail, which was wonderful. The publicist had promised to send me a copy, but it never showed. Instead, thanks to Twitter, a very kind person at Amazon.com sent me a spare copy. I’m in his debt. We don’t have one for Locus yet, so I’ll have to folow that up. I got home to find the house clean and fresh, and the girls reasonably full of energy. Homework ensued, pretty much killing my plans to catch up on anthology work before dinner, but was sweet nonetheless. Sophie is becoming a very good reader, and Jessica is solidly learning her basics. I *think* she’ll get there.
And then I whiled away the evening, chatting with girliejones about Masterchef Australia before reading a couple chapters of Suite Scarlett. I then actually slept. It’s Tuesday morning and I’m taking a moment over coffee before diving into the day. Had a work meeting yesterday, and I seem to have walked out with an ocean of stuff to do.
Hi,
It sounds like your daughter may be going through something my older daughter went through for a time. If the seizure like events are only happening when she is asleep it is possible that she might be suffering from something called ” night terrors “.
It was suggested as a possiblity by one of the doctors that were on the case. However, I needed to research it myself to get any useful info. It fit her pattern to a T. She outgrew it and now never bothered by it.
Just a thought.
I wish they were night terrors. Sadly, my daughter suffered brain damage caused by seizures when she was born, which left some scarring (as well as the other effects of the damage). Those scars seem to be the causes of the seizures she’s experiencing. Having witnessed one of the seizures there’s no mistaking it for anything else. Also, she wakes immediately after and has slurred speech, difficulty walking and so on. She recovers, but it’s stressful. That said, there are some seizures you grow out of, and I’m hoping that will be the case here.