The worker heard the frantic playing, and darted from the back office to see what was happening. The adoption papers, medical papers, pamphlets explaining epilepsy, hotlines and strict outlines on what to do were thrown to one side as she moved to kneel beside the girl and run her fingers through her mouth, checking to see if it was clear.
As she did this, she spoke, "She has epilepsy. When she has a seizure, she has to be put onto her side, so that there is no chance of her choking on her tongue or vomit -" She would what she said as she said it. "- and be prepared for bloody spittle, as she might bite into her cheek or tongue."
The woman was relatively calm. "Sometimes her seizures are not like this; her most common ones are called absence seizures, where she will just stare into space for a few seconds at a time. They're common in children, and usually are hard to notice. She does have others, though. It's all explained in the packets I brought out."
She spoke quietly, "This seizure is referred to as a secondarily generalized seizure, it happened suddenly without too much warning. They're hard to miss because of the flailing, the drama of it all."
After she was done speaking, she was quiet. The girl had stopped seizing and was just laying there, looking rather drowsy - almost like she was drugged. She sniffed quietly and rubbed her eyes, staring upward as she pushed herself upright, sniffling to herself. She clambered away from the worker and clung to her new daddy, quite afraid he was really going to leave her now. "Don' go." She mumbled.
As she did this, she spoke, "She has epilepsy. When she has a seizure, she has to be put onto her side, so that there is no chance of her choking on her tongue or vomit -" She would what she said as she said it. "- and be prepared for bloody spittle, as she might bite into her cheek or tongue."
The woman was relatively calm. "Sometimes her seizures are not like this; her most common ones are called absence seizures, where she will just stare into space for a few seconds at a time. They're common in children, and usually are hard to notice. She does have others, though. It's all explained in the packets I brought out."
She spoke quietly, "This seizure is referred to as a secondarily generalized seizure, it happened suddenly without too much warning. They're hard to miss because of the flailing, the drama of it all."
After she was done speaking, she was quiet. The girl had stopped seizing and was just laying there, looking rather drowsy - almost like she was drugged. She sniffed quietly and rubbed her eyes, staring upward as she pushed herself upright, sniffling to herself. She clambered away from the worker and clung to her new daddy, quite afraid he was really going to leave her now. "Don' go." She mumbled.
