The attending neurologist feels comfortable her clinical
seizures are under control even if she continues to have the small,
unobservable ones. He also said not to be alarmed if she has one or two visible
events during the day as long as they don’t lapse into a continual cycle. That’s
good to know for the transition at home since life with seizures is a new experience
for us.
Susan’s strength and will to improve amaze me. She always
tries her hardest to get better; and I can see her even now pushing to be
independent. Knowing her, I am not surprised by her initiative and would be
concerned if she didn’t have it.
Then there’s her sense of humor, still intact. Yesterday,
the attending physician gave her the routine brain quiz to check her status – “What
is your name? When were you born? What is the date today? How many fingers am I
holding up?” and so on. With seizures, drugs, and her usual aphasia, her
answers this week ranged from disoriented to disconnected.
So I didn’t expect much when the doctor asked, “Where are
you?” She rarely says “At the hospital” on the first try. Susan paused, smiled,
and said, “I’m right here across from you!” Good one, honey. She laid that one on em' during a prior hospital stay, so she's still got it.
I won’t believe it until we have the discharge orders; but
hopefully we’ll be out of here today.
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