Sunday, October 23, 2011

Adobe Deli went straight to hell

We started our day hunting down a deli that everyone was raving about....figured we just had to try it. Out of town 8 miles, then right on a dirt road "can't miss it!" Obviously, these people don't know us well!! Finally called 411, got the number and then called them at the Deli. STILL weren't sure when we pulled into the parking lot! Finally spotted a sign over the door and went into the most unusual place ever. Had a great lunch, watching the locals all vying for attention of one lady. Pretty interesting.
While we were walking around, Lisa excused herself and went into the bathroom. She was taking a while, so I went to check on her and she said was "ok". We waited another 5 minutes and I went to check on her with "Are you sure you're ok?" I could see her thru the opening between the stall and door and she didn't look right to me. Before I could say "unlock the door" she went down on the floor!! I forced the door open and realized she was in a full blown seizure. As per usual when she gets these, she had lost control of her bowels, and so, we were slipping and sliding in shit! YUCK! I got her back on the toilet, and then, while holding onto her (she goes completely limp), and Alan handing me paper towels, I got most of it cleaned up throwing them into the trash and taking fresh from him. After a bit, she was better, but still having "aftershocks". The staff at The Adobe Deli couldn't have been nicer and let us use a couch to lay her down on. Lisa was complaining of her back, so we opted to have the staff call for an ambulance. Maybe 15 minutes later, she was loaded up and I jumped in too. Alan followed in the truck. The EMS guys were very sweet with her, very efficient.....even getting an IV started on that bumpy dirt road! Hospital staff were wonderful and the doc even played with Lisa saying she was "breaking his finger" when he had her squeeze it. XRays and blood taken, and then the long wait.  Alan went to get clean clothes for her and more waiting. Finally, the doc came in, all was well, nothing broken, just low on her seizure meds. He ordered a shot for her that was supposed to stop the aftershocks, but it increased them! I wasn't comfortable going out of there like that, so again we waited to speak to the doc again. You know how ERs are...everything takes an hour, I swear! This time he ordered her regular med for her, but twice the dosage she now takes and that did the trick.














Got her into the truck, up the stairs and onto our bed where she watched a Betty Boop (her all time fav!) movie til bedtime. Today, you'd never know we had all gone thru so much last night!! But we are still taking it easy, getting laundry done, stuff like that. Tomorrow, first thing, I'm calling her neurologist to discuss her breakthroughs. Also, tomorrow, we take the Magic Bus in for her appointment.....really hoping we can stay in it and not have to "hotel" it! Wish us luck!

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