Trouble is Passing

I have had no more seizures this last week; thank you for your prayers.
I have continued to have auras, getting progressively fewer, smaller, and farther between.
I have also figured out why I had the seizures on Monday. The previous week I had a slight cold, and on Saturday the 23rd, when it was almost completely gone, I went on a service project with others on my floor, to help prepare a Habitat for Humanity house to be moved into. On that service project, I had a lot of fun and overexerted myself, breaking a shovel at one point.
Excessive exertion is my bane. The cold came back, and I had to rest all week, falling behind on homework and even missing a class.
I am getting better; yesterday morning I had no fever, though it came back in the afternoon, and today I am following my brother's advice and staying in bed most of the day, as he said a full day in bed will take about three days off of the recovery time.

I am having fun in my classes, especially Diffy Q. (that's how the professor said it's spelled when a student asked; I thought it was Diff. Eq., but apparently not), and the professors are very kind in allowing me to catch up.

Good and Bad News

A few days before returning to college, I had a second appointment with Dr. Maleeva, and we figured out a good adjustment to my doses to prevent seizures.

About two weeks ago, I came back to LeTourneau University, and I enjoyed having no seizures for about two weeks. I established a sleep pattern, going to bed at about midnight and waking up at about 8 AM, and it went well. Last semester I learned a correction of Ben Franklin's proverb: "Consistently to bed, consistently to rise...". The pattern I was sleeping by affirmed that correction.

Sunday the 24th, I went to bed early, and woke up Monday at 5 AM. That was an immediate blessing, giving me nearly 4 hours to do the work due at classes that morning.

I didn't take any naps, yesterday, however, and apparently I got too tired.

I had two seizures yesterday, about an hour apart, at about 3:30 and 5:00, plus or minus half an hour for each.

Last night I woke up several times, and felt like I was having similar seizures to the two yesterday.

I have not missed any medicine, so my guess as to the cause is that I was awake too long yesterday, and that I might be getting sick. I have had a little bit of congestion for a week or so, but when it first appeared there was no fever. Now I have a slight fever - 99 degrees - and I had a headache until I took some ibuprofen.

The seizures yesterday were not stopped by the VNS, even though I swiped the magnet. This morning, after I got up, I had a very intense aura, that lasted about a whole minute. It felt like the last conscious moments of the seizures yesterday, but after swiping the magnet several times, and praying, it ended without putting me unconscious.

After that candidate for the worst aura I have ever had, I took an Ativan pill. I do not expect to have any more seizures this week, although it is possible that the trouble that got the seizures through the VNS and once-a-week Ativan will break through again.

Please pray, that I will not have any more seizures, that I will be able to get the assignments in my classes done, and that I will remain faithful to God.