Seizures and Such

As some of you know from my Facebook post today, Jeff had a seizure around 4 am this morning. He's had some pretty severe migraines throughout the years, but hasn't actually had a seizure in 2 1/2 years. He doesn't have your typical convulsion, physical seizures...they are in the part of his brain that affect his memory, sense of reality, etc. So, it went a little something like this...

I hear a door slam shut and sit up in bed. Jeff comes walking out of the kitchen and sits next to me.

Amanda: where did you go?
Jeff: I don't know
Amanda: are you ok
Jeff: I don't know (wait a minute)
Amanda: Jeff, where did you go?
Jeff: Downstairs
Amanda: why?
Jeff: Because "The Force" told me to - (to which I immediately realize he is indeed having a seizure.)

I go to get his "special" medication which sedates him so that it can end the seizure. I come out of the bathroom only to have Jeff sit up and pretend to stab me with a light saber

Jeff: there...I killed you...your dead
Amanda: do you know who you are?
Jeff: Yoda

I go to the kitchen to get him some water, walk back in the bedroom and he sits up again and pretends to stab me again

Jeff: There...I killed you twice, now you're dead

So, I walk out of the room to the living room to wait it out and see if he will come out of the seizure so I can get him to talk the medicine.

I could go on with more details, but eventually he kind of came out of it and took the pills and then proceeded to have a major migraine which he likens to his head being on fire. He finally knocked out around 6 am and stayed that way for the next 11 hours.

Now, I realize in hindsight this is amusing...especially those of you who know what a Star Wars enthusiast Jeff is, but at 4 am being 3 weeks away from your due date with your 2 year old in the next room and your 200 pound husband lunging forward pretending to stab you, it's pretty scary. Needless to stay I'm kind of a wreck about the thing. This also means that Jeff most likely will not be able to drive for at least 3 months. I recognize that this is just one of those things we just have to deal with and I'm trying to keep perspective on it, but seriously...NOW?? I mean I'm weeks away from labor and about to have a newborn and it's hard not to wonder how on earth this is going to work.

There's little we can do except wait to see the neurologist and do the whole trial and error thing with different medication and dosages, etc. I'm mostly just venting because otherwise I'll go crazy. So, does anyone want to spend the night with me??