Illness Narrative

“The Shake-ies” A beautiful baby boy was brought into this world. Appearing to be in a perfect normal healthy state of condition. Then abrubtly, out of no where, this helpless two year old toddler had his first seizure. (February 22nd, 2012 at 12:42 pm), Thus becoming the most memorable and horrifying moment of mother Jenevera’s life. She explained to me that before going through a normal routine of grocery shopping at Wal-mart she happened to look into the backseat and see her child shaking uncontrollably, eyes rolled back. Oblivious to as why this was happening, or what to do, she instinctively got him out of the car and screamed for help. “Angels sent by God” is how she describes the citizens that came to assist her in this time of need. Ironically these angels were exactly the people she needed to aid her in this crisis: A parent who has had experience with a child with seizures of her own, an off duty EMT, and a concerned gas station attendant who ran to keep her calm and prayed with her. They all stayed with her until the ambulance arrived to take care of her son and rush him to the hospital. Later on, after waiting excruciating hours in the hospital Jenevera was informed that her child had a brain disorder and no explanation as to why. Epilepsy, forced him into a treatment of medicine taken twice a day and a ton of preventive care. In tears from this news, the doctor continued to inform her that she did nothing wrong, he believed she took the right steps any normal parent without knowledge should. He then explained to her about this disorder which deals with your brain function. Your brain is a machine with an electrical system itself, and it sends surges of energy to help you move and do other things. Like any machine it can malfunction. Instead of spurting out this electrical energy in a controlled manner, the brain cells discharge this energy continuously. The result of this surge of energy through the brain causes unconsciousness and