I am turning to my friends today in a time of NEED-- Please forgive me if I ramble or get sappy.. Today has been a HARD day and I am sure it's NOT over. Last night a little after 10 pm Kyrra ( our grown daughter) said she was feeling strangely.. we now know that her symptoms were signals of an impending episode. Around 11:30 or so she decided to try to go to bed and get some rest... perhaps she'd feel better in the morning. a few minutes later I heard a sound that will remain in my nightmares forever.. a thud of a body hitting the floor.. I rushed to check on her and found her in a full grand Mal Seizure.. No Known Reason-- No drugs ( she was with me all day), no weird foods, no stings , bites , nothing.. just my precious daughter turning blue/grey, teeth clenched, eyes rolled back in her head and her body palsying uncontrollably for the longest 10 minutes or so of my life.. I raced to call 911 and returned cordless phone in hand to her side.. tried to comfort myself and her, although I knew she wasn't conscious of her world at that point-- The Sheriff's arrive on scene in under 3 minutes.. the seizures subsided just as the ambulance crew arrive.. she came to suddenly-- unaware of why their was a large crowd of people huddled over her in her bedroom.. Don ( my husband) returned home from running an errand to find flashing lights and chaos in his driveway.. She was able to answer a few simple questions.. but did not know the year or how many quarters in $1.50.. She was very scared and so was I. We arrived at banner Churchill Hospital at about 12 midnight.. and due to a lack of staffing and no lack of trauma and emergency patients we were put in Bed 7 and promptly and efficiently ignored for the next several hours.. oh occasionally the nice EMT trainee came around to take note of the numbers on her machine.. but little to no other human contact.. around 5 AM a nurse told me ( again-- that the Dr was reviewing her chart and would be in shortly.. she hoped) Apparently he didn't actually look at her chart or consult any nursing staff.. as He thought he was treating a 21 month old instead of a grown 21 year old woman.. Strange how he could of missed the birthday 1987-- or her weight 175 lbs-- seems that would have tipped me off to a bit of confusion.."quack" Dr Potter-- I'll remember him to be sure.-- finally the often rude and inattentive night shift staff was replaced by a fresh and compassionate group of people-- I commend everyone on the Morning shift for stepping up to the plate and actually showing concern, offering me my first cup of coffee of the night, finally providing her some pain relief ( we'd been asking for hours) she was tested, prodded, scanned , poked and at least not ignored.. The radiologist profusely apologized for his coworkers and they way we had been treated.. Mind you I had kept my cool all night (for my daughters sake). In fact, the only cussing I slipped up with was when it was discovered the Dr that hadn't even bothered to look behind the curtain was ordering tests and such for my daughter as if she was a 21 month old.. to be sure I politely asked him exactly when he'd bothered to look at her "f**king" chart.. After CAT scan, blood work -- etc.. The new morning Dr... "Wonderful man"... Dr Aikins reported that there was zero conclusion evidence to show a cause. and all test results will be sent to our family Dr.. and she would have to be referred to a neurologist for more testing.. He did. state that a first time seizure at 21 was a very serious thing and while he could not predict if or when it would ever happen again WE Must be aware that this was very serious indeed.. after 26 hours awake-- we returned home this morning and I actually got a little sleep along side my now loopy ( nice drugs) but definitely alive daughter.. side note-- Since she is no longer a full time student she was no longer able to be on my employer provided insurance ( great insurance ) and thankfully we had paid out of pocket premiums for a fill in insurance.. thinking $200 a month was probably a gamble and we'd probably not need it.. We have to meet a very large deductible-- but thankfully I listened to my heart and had shelled out the cash for the policy-- at least she had some coverage.. and we might eat mac & cheese but we won't face a mountain of medical debt that we can't manage somehow.. Friends-- Wind & Willows Ferret Rescue-- Must ( temporarily, I hope) shut it's doors.. no new intakes and I MUST find homes for any and all of my adoptables.. financially and realistically, I don't think I can do otherwise.. If you can help in any way.. please offer-- I don't even know what to ask for.. except HELP.. We have not canceled our scheduled potluck -- May17th , yet.. we just need to see how things fall into place next week.. Prayers welcome and Blessings needed.. whatever your beliefs please keep my daughter, Kyrra, in your thoughts.. Your friend Lisa [Posted in FML 5961]