With much consideration, it was decided by the doctor that the big, bad seizure of August 1st was brought on by sleep deprivation. The sleep deprivation was brought on by chronic pain. The chronic pain was brought on by a severely herniated (ruptured, actually) L5/S1 disk in Chris's back. The final blow to the herniation was no doubt delivered when Chris tumbled out of bed during his seizure. And so it goes. The merry-go-round of life.
When the pain grew too intense to bear and 8 months of alternative therapy, rest, etc. didn't help, Chris underwent back surgery. The risk of another sleep-deprivation induced seizure was too great. The pain was debilitating. Chris chose his neurosurgeon, who implanted electrodes in his brain last October, to perform the surgery.
The surgery was successful. Now, a week later, Chris is off pain meds and just trying to heal from it all. As the doctor said, "As long as he doesn't do anything stupid, he should be great!"
Here's to our young adult sons not doing anything stupid.
~ epimom ~
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