the
fluorescent lights are blinding and the room is filled with flowers and cards
and balloons and teddy bears and familiar faces surround with worried
expressions on their worried faces and hand reach forward and voices fill the
air
a thin short woman wearing white
everything appears with blond hair swooshing in her pony tails and bags under
eyes she is bringing over a tray and lifts the lid in front and an awful aroma
comes from the steaming food and is invading now flared nostrils and before
notice food is gone
mommy and daddy help to get out of
bed and small fragile feet hit the cold concrete floor and the lights are
brighter in narrow pathway with other people in night gowns and wheelchairs
pushing around IV’s and worry hits mommy’s face when she sees a scared look on
face and heart pounds
in a small room with a blue chair
in front and wires surround the white room a man stands tall with dark hair and
glasses and wearing a long white coat I hear sit lean back for testing as he
leans over and he grabs white cords with flat ends
and wires attach
to head there are too many to count
dark haired man stares at machines
as they beep in high pitch now low and back again and hours pass and sleep hits
the
white ceiling and fluorescent lights hit and mommy sits holding papers as the dark haired
man leans over her
“testing is
accurate
it was seizure
childhood
epilepsy
medicine should
prevent
possible to grow
out of”
mommy
wraps arms around tightly and kisses forehead and a few tears start to stream and
her mascara runs down her face and tells what is wrong and everything will be
okay remain strong
through
the narrow walkway past people in wheelchairs and through a door the balloons
and flowers and teddy bears are back and the room is filled with familiar faces
again they are here for support and care and daddy comes over and kisses forehead and you will be okay and it will go away
Summary:
It was the day of brain scans and tests to figure out what
was wrong. An enormous amount of wires were attached to my head and the doctor
watched intently as the brain waves moved. Afterward, he examined the results
and explained to my mother that I had childhood epilepsy. This was a very hard
time in my life, but my entire family was there for me the whole time and I did
grow out of it as the doctor hoped.
