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<blockquote data-quote="Marcie Mac" data-source="post: 304495" data-attributes="member: 47"><p>Susie, in my experience with ER's with my SO, there is a distinct difference of care depending if you take them in vrs an ambulance taking them in. I will bet a dollar to donuts if you drive her 80 miles, and she is not having the problem when you get there, it will be a wasted trip because its now just a description of what happened instead of an event happening. been there done that too many times. You really need to call an ambulance because the paramedics, as irritating as they can be sometimes, are the important third party in the ER. From what I have observed with SO, there is NO control of them, every once in a while the muscles would relax, but a few seconds later seize up again.</p><p> </p><p>When SO was having really bad muscle seizures - a few times when we went in it turned out he had NO potassium in his system for some reason. And a muscle seizure will affect your lungs and put stress on your heart, and causes oxygen loss because both of these are muscles as well so I don't think it is wise just to be watching her for hours when this is happening. </p><p> </p><p>As far as the seizure question, I it depends on what kind of seizures you are having. I have absence seizures where I zone out for a few seconds - most times I am aware I was having a conversation, can hear and understand, when the seizure is over will go back to talking like nothing has hapened, but there are times when I have not been able to do that, and have to ask SO what we were talking about, but whichever, cannot respond in the middle of one. I had them a lot during times of stress with SO's health and difficult child's gfgness, but now I just have a lot of them with no apparent stress, so doctor does not want me to drive till I have an eeg done. </p><p> </p><p>Marcie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marcie Mac, post: 304495, member: 47"] Susie, in my experience with ER's with my SO, there is a distinct difference of care depending if you take them in vrs an ambulance taking them in. I will bet a dollar to donuts if you drive her 80 miles, and she is not having the problem when you get there, it will be a wasted trip because its now just a description of what happened instead of an event happening. been there done that too many times. You really need to call an ambulance because the paramedics, as irritating as they can be sometimes, are the important third party in the ER. From what I have observed with SO, there is NO control of them, every once in a while the muscles would relax, but a few seconds later seize up again. When SO was having really bad muscle seizures - a few times when we went in it turned out he had NO potassium in his system for some reason. And a muscle seizure will affect your lungs and put stress on your heart, and causes oxygen loss because both of these are muscles as well so I don't think it is wise just to be watching her for hours when this is happening. As far as the seizure question, I it depends on what kind of seizures you are having. I have absence seizures where I zone out for a few seconds - most times I am aware I was having a conversation, can hear and understand, when the seizure is over will go back to talking like nothing has hapened, but there are times when I have not been able to do that, and have to ask SO what we were talking about, but whichever, cannot respond in the middle of one. I had them a lot during times of stress with SO's health and difficult child's gfgness, but now I just have a lot of them with no apparent stress, so doctor does not want me to drive till I have an eeg done. Marcie [/QUOTE]
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