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.
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