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The Day After

This is an article that explains almost every hour of the day after seizing.

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8 a.m.

The pain and soreness can become so over whelming. I lay in the hospital bed, IV drip keeping me hydrated, and pain killers to help me through the miserable day that is about to start.

9:15 a.m.

I still cannot move, sleeping is my best friend, pain killers even more of a friend. Family keeps coming sitting in the room with me as I sleep the day and pain away.

10:30 a.m.

By this time, I am begging for the nurses and doctors to take the IV out of my arm, crying because my head hurts something fierce, and the lights are too bright for me. I am ready to throw in the towel and just lay in bed forever.

12 p.m.

I am being discharged from the hospital. I catch wind from my mother talking to family that friends are waiting for me at home. Little did they know that even after a whole day after seizing I was still exhausted.

1:30 p.m.

My friends and boyfriend are trying to keep me awake and cheer me up. The only one of that group that really understands to pain and torcher of having a seizure is my boyfriend. He has been through it more times than me and knows just what to do when one is happening or the day after results.

3:00 p.m.

My boyfriend stays and comforts me, takes care of me, along with my family. I am woken every two hours now, wishing that the pain and soreness had disappeared already, wishing that the seizure never happened.

3:37 p.m.

I have taken my meds and have now fallen into a mesmerizing almost deep sleep. I did not hear anyone moving or talking. There were sounds and lights that no longer affected me, little did I, my family, friends, and boyfriend know that this sleep and soreness would last for a solid three days.

6:00 p.m.

It is dinner time, my favorite soup so I will actually eat tonight. Everyone was gone home and it is just me, my sis, mom, and grandma left in the house. I lay in bed wondering what happened and wondering where the day went.

6:45 p.m.

I lay in my warm comfortable bed, still wondering how this all happened. I went from being in such a good mood just hours before the seizure I was happy and enjoying life. Then I wake up from the whole ordeal looking at nurses and doctors even a paramedic or two.

8:25 p.m.

I go to sleep for the night with my last dose of medicine. I start drifting into a deep sleep almost a coma like sleep until the next morning to repeat the same steps as today.

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