Progress and Determination

This morning, I visited my neurosurgeon, and it looks like I will be having surgery in about a month.

On Friday the 21st, I had a bad seizure in the middle of care group. I went unconscious, and then became semi-conscious in what is called a post ictal phase. During that phase, memory was not being recorded, and the part of my brain that translates hearing into thoughts must have been asleep as well. I apparently wanted a blanket and pillow, and saw something that looked like what I wanted hanging on the wall - a curtain. Some men at the care group wanted to keep me safe and tried to keep me from doing damage to myself and the house, and I got aggressive. After some time I settled down, went to sleep, and woke up later with no immediate memory of having had a seizure. When Mom mentioned it, my thoughts were "Oh, yeah...".

After learning what happened during that seizure, I do not want to risk having such a thing happen again, and so I want surgery. During the appointment this morning, the surgeon told us that the trauma I had two years ago was like having a car accident - just because it happened once does not mean it will happen next time to a careful driver. So, I have very little anxiety and much to look forward to being relieved of.

Please pray that all remaining decisions will be made with wisdom, that God will protect me through the procedures, and that if God's purpose for epilepsy in my life has been met I will not have any more seizures after the operation following the EEG.

Whoa!

We had a good appointment with David's neurologist last Friday. She gave us a referral to go right to the surgeon and see what he has to offer. (Usually we have to wait and go through steps for this kind of thing to happen which is kind of disorienting.)

So we see Dr. Ross this Monday morning May 24. Please pray for us. We want to make a good decision for David. We aren't sure what he will offer but we aren't really interested in repeating the surgery of July 2008.

It is great having David home! He likes cooking dinner sometimes so last night the younger ones and I came home from co-op classes to find dinner all ready and the kitchen clean. Ahhhhhhh. This morning he tutored John in math for a couple hours. So nice.