Round Two

Well as if we didn’t have enough to think about right now, Husband decided to add a little piece of his own excitement on Thursday night. We climbed into bed around 7:00.  No not that kind of excitement unfortunately. We were all cozied in to watch My Name is Earl and the Office - two of my favorite shows. It was the best kind of relaxation - watching TV and talking about our day. Unfortunately relaxation was not in the cards. Soon after settling in, Husband had a rather lengthy seizure. Kind of unexpected considering he has never had a seizure in his life.

 Luckily I was there to catch him before he fell out of bed and was able to move him away from the other furniture. I had a student in the past who had seizures so was somewhat familiar with what to do, but was amazed at how much scarier a seizure looks on a 170 pound man that you love than a 70 pound student. The ambulance was just arriving as the seizure was ending and poor Husband started to come to only to find 6 strangers in our bedroom.

Spent 2 nights in the hospital, poor guy, before they were able to rule out anything serious. Turns out the seizure was most likely caused by the flu. Husband had the flu for the past 5 days and hadn’t been able to keep anything down causing his electrolytes to be extremely low. 2 days of IVs pumping him full of fluids, potassium, and magnesium fixed that. Now he’s feeling totally back to normal and I can tease him that he just needed a little extra attention. Really it scared the hell out of me. It’s amazing how much a trip to the hospital can remind you how much you love a person and couldn’t possibly live without them.