SEIZURE
PROLOGUE
I am in a hospital, hooked up to an EEG monitor for the next 48 hours. I arrived at 10:00 AM this morning and now, at 2:20 I am totally hooked up and ready to- well, do nothing.
Those who knew I was coming suggested it could be something to look forward to, like a weekend away from the stress of my life.I wasn't in that state of mind. For the last couple of weeks as this event was approaching, I tried not to think of it much because it just created anxiety. "It is NOT as if I am going to a spa for a weekend" I would say. I am going to have 25 electrodes attached to my head with glue and then wrapped with gauze,heart monitor wires, an oxygen level monitor and some sort of sensor attached to a thigh at night. They are going to deprive me of sleep. And the worst of it was the "posey vest". I was told they were going to use this thing with the happy sounding name to attach me to the bed (or chair if I wanted a change of pace)for my safety. All the while being video taped. (I have already resisted the urge to scratch my private parts more than once.)
Well, by this morning I was actually starting to look forward to it all,as long as it meant I was gonna be away from kids for a couple of days.
I also learned I wouldn't be required to wear the dreaded Posey Vest.
I was served lunch.
And, just as I had started to believe this might actually be kind of nice, everything was attached and wrapped and plugged in. I can tell you now, it is not only NOT relaxing, it is downright uncomfortable.