Another Seizure

Henry had another seizure early this morning. Around 3am he wretched in bed and woke Tara who was sleeping next to his bed. She called me after he was unresponsive. He remained so, open-eyed and intermittently shaking and twitching, for about 45 minutes. After calls with the Hospice nurse we administered some anti-seizure medication. Three or four minutes afterward he began returning to normal and soon after fell asleep with minimal interruptions until morning.

Hearing Henry's voice in the morning was instantly comforting and anxiety provoking. He was only partly intelligible. He was slurring his words and was slow to move. I sat him on the couch to wake up a bit in front of the TV. He was clearly not himself and upon discussing things with our oncologist, we opted for a trip to our local emergency room for a CT scan of his head to ensure that nothing other than what we guessed was at work. We got the girls off to Grandma's and headed over.

We're back from that visit now; only a partial day spent in the emergency room. Since neither the ER doctor or our oncologist had the benefit of seeing the current scan with the prior ones, the report was less than meaningful. We received a copy which we will forward to Hopkins for review. Until then we're glad to be home and to have Henry returning to himself.