My daughter at one time lived in the same apartment building I did. her daughter came up the stairs for her weekly bad of\ngoodies from grandma. she was only 4 yrs old. before she\nleft with her play bookbag on her back I told her to be careful going back down the steps. She has came up and went down the steps many times in the past but has never fallen.\nso I really didn't worry about her going back down. but this\ntime she fell. just a few moments went by and I heard the clunk in the hallway, i opened the door, and saw her laying at the bottom of the steps, there was about 4 steps she fell down, she was crying I rushed down and picked her up, she was ok. but about a year after that she started her seizures.\nshe did hit her head when she fell, it was red on top. \n   i feel If I would of walked her down that day this would not have happened. I will always live with this quilt for the rest of my natural life. does anyone know if seizures can come after a yr from a fall?
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It's not your fault.  You must forgive yourself as you will become very sick from the guilt and that will not help you or your family.  Satan keeps tormenting you with this and you must give it to the Lord and tell him to get out of your thoughts in the Lord's mighty name. \n\nFor epilepsy to be a caused, your granddaughter would have had to receive a severe head injury.  You say she was OK when you picked her up and that her head was red.  This does not sound like a cause for epilepsy. \n\nYou can check with a specialist doctor, otherwise let it go.  She needs a happy grandmother, not one with guilt.  The devil comes to kill, steal and destroy and Jesus came that you may have life and have it more abundantly.  I recommend you pray this over your granddaugher frequently.
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I've had a guardian angel since I was 9. She only comes around when I or one of my kids is very ill. I was near death the first time I met her at age 9. Ten years and 700 miles later, she was rubbing my newborn son's back in his crib during the night. We ended up at the ER the same night because he spiked a fever of 105. She was by my side 5 years after that when I was in the hospital fighting for my life after surgery in which my lungs collapsed and I had an anaphalactic reaction to the anesthetic. Her touch is always warm. I have seen ehr once when everyone was well. It was 2 years ago when I took a genealogical cemetery hunt, and found my great-great-grandmothers grave. She was there. I think that's who mine is. Perhaps your is an ancestor?
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I rremember a past life, and so do 2 of my grandchildren. My oldest daughter used to talk about when she used to be a big girl when she was only a small thing.  my younger daughter used to say that she had to go to Dallas where she used to live to get better ( she was  a very ill child), and when we were sure she was not going to live another year, we took her to Dallas for a holiday and she did indeed get better
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Ah, dear sweet mother that you are, don't you know that as much as you love your daughter, that God loves her all that much and more?  He will grant her peace.  He will show her how much you love her, and help her to understand if there was any unresolved issues between the 2 of you, and come to a certain peace about it.  \n\nYou say she was bipolar.  If this ever caused her to do things that were questionable, I think God would not ever hold those things against her.  Please do not worry over her salvation or anything like that.  God is not so cruel.  Would you ever send your daughter to a place of torment?  Of course not!  And God will not either!  That is pure and simple.\n\nLosing a daughter is the hardest loss that anyone on earth probably ever has to face.  I cannot even comprehend it.  You are feeling totally natural things.  Do not feel guilty for the way you feel.  I wish I could give you some kind of magic words that would ease your suffering.  But I do not know them.  Please know that even now, I am crying for you.  Tears are blurring my vision now!  I feel so sad for you.  And I do not even know you.  But I can tell you are hurting, and that you truly truly were a good mother, even if you are unsure of it right now.  I will pray for you.  Do not feel ashamed to seek counseling in this situation.  No one could be prepared for the loss you've endured.  I bet some counselling may help.\nAnd I'll pray for you.\n\nGod bless you and give you peace.
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PLEASE BE SURE TO READ THIS.  ANYONE LIVING IN ANY TYPE OF BUILDING THAT HAS A SLIDING GLASS DOOR. NO MATTER WHAT FLOOR!!!!!!!!!  I EXPERIENCED A TERRIBLE THING A FEW YEARS AGO AND HOPE YOU BENEFIT FROM IT.  I LIVED ON A 3RD FLOOR APT. BUILDING AND FELT SO SAFE BECAUSE I KNEW IT WAS SO EASY TO GET IN A HOME FROM THE FIRST FLOOR.  WELL IT'S NOT TOO HARD TO GET INTO A 3RD FLOOR EITHER.  I AWOKE TO A BLACK MAN STANDING IN THE DOORWAY OF MY 3RD FLOOR BALCONY WINDOW.  I DIDN'T HAVE EVEN ONE SECOND TO DO ANYTHING BUT SCREAM MY HEAD OFF!!  MY 2 YOUNG BOYS AND I HAD FALLEN ASLEEP IN THE LIVING ROOM AND I NEVER EVEN THOUGHT TO LOCK MY BALCONY, I LIVED 3 FLOORS UP.  THIS VERY HIGH MAN CLIMBED UP THE LATTICE ON THE SIDE OF THE BALCONY AND CAME INTO MY APARTMENT AND TRIED TO RAPE ME, STOLE MY VIDEO CAMERA AND THEN BELIEVE IT OR NOT ABOUT A YEAR AGO I WAS WATCHING A TV SHOW AND SAW THAT THIS SAME MAN HAD BEEN DOING THIS ALL OVER THE PLACE AND USUALLY RAPED THE WOMAN!!!  HE LIKED IT WHEN I FOUGHT BACK, SO I DIDN'T FOR A MOMENT, THINKING THAT THAT WAS EXACTLY WHAT HE WANTED AND I WAS GOING TO DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO NOT GIVE HIM WHAT HE WANTED. HE DROPED ME TO THE FLOOR AND WENT ON LOOKING AROUND FOR THINGS TO TAKE. HE WAS ARRESTED DUE TO THE REPORTS THAT THE OTHER WOMAN GAVE THE POLICE.  DON'T BE CAUGHT OFF GUARD BY FEELING SAFE BECAUSE YOU ARE HIGHER UP ON THE 3RD FLOOR 'OR HIGHER'.
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I just wanted to add a bit of info.  I dated a girl who was epilleptic, so I did lots of research on epillepsy when we were dating.  According to John Hopkins website, if someone has a seizure for more than 6 (six) minutes, brain damage is occuring and thus a ambulance should be called. \n\nHOWEVER, when we were dating, she never had a seizure shorter than 6 minutes and she recovered just fine.  In fact, she always told me not to call the ambulance because she knew she would be just fine, and technically all doctors can do is give anti-convulsants (rectally, by the way) and muscle relaxers.  She was always much happier (in the lightest sense) coming out of a seizure and being in her own bed rather than in a hospital bed, having to deal with doctors/nurses/hospital bills/insurance company/department of transportation (hospitals are required to report anyone of driving age who has a seizure to the DOT).\n\nThe best position to put a seizure victim in is to have them on their side, never their back (that way their airway doesn't get clogged with mucus/vomit/etc.  They should only be restrained if they are injuring themselves or others.  They should be touched as minimal as possible since this may trigger more seizures.  Do not put anything in their mouth, namely fingers!  Monitor breathing and heartrate between seizures, perform CPR if necessary.  \n\nWhen she came out of her seizures, she was usually very emotional, which was problematic and usually caused another seizure.  I always helped her to the bathroom afterwards since she was especially weak after a seizure and she always wanted tylenol and water. \n\nThat's about it.  Good luck, this was probably more than you wanted to read, but if someone else reads it, I'll be glad.  At least they'll know what to do when someone has a seizure rather than throw holy water on them, thinking they are possessed by a demon :)
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This is a difficult one - especially for your daughter. I don't exactly have the answer or an answer, but I will say we are in similar boats.  My 14-year old son has had epilepsy since he was 8.  All of a sudden he was having seizures.  He didn't really seem to have a problem dealing with the illness until he hit middle school, when the true peer-pressures, and reputation development comes into play.  Now that he's in his 1st year of high school, he's showing the embarrassment of having this disease.  He has wanted to play basketball since forever, and when time came to try out for the team, he just didn't. He said he changed his mind.  He doesn't want me to wear his medical id bracelet, nothing relating to his illness.  All of it stems from his reputation and people not thinking differently about him.  What he and his dad are doing now is having him talk to his doctor and others he may feel comfortable talking to let him understand that he has options and doesn't have to be afraid or ashamed that he has epileptic seizures and as his doctor said, he may grow out of them.  But what I think is we need to find ways to get this across to our kids and let them know that their illnesses don't control who they are; they control who they are and what they can do in life.  And it still can be the best!  I can say that b/c I'm a cancer survivor, I know how a illness can cripple you mentally!  So I keep both our children in prayer and we'll come through! Best wishes worried mom!
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When my Baby was seven weeks old she died, the night she died was full of amazing events This is truth.\n  \n  I has gone to my sisters to do  laundry, I left my husband and 5 children at home with him. At exactly 9:32, as I was watching tv with my sister and her husband, I began to hear a heartbeat NEXT to my left ear and it lasted about five minutes. I told my sister about it, and I thought maybe something was wrong but not for sure. Half hour later, my husband and a police officer came and got me.  I  would lay Bethie on my chest with her left ear over my heart so she could hear it beat and be soothed.\n  A couple of months later, I found out that my husband had fallen asleep, and my oldest daughters radio alarm clock had gone off and woke him up. he went upstairs told her to turn it off and she couldn't remember how to, so she unplugged it. He went back downstairs and fell asleep again, the same clock went off again, he went upstairs again, Heather did everything she could think of to turn it off, but she couldn't do it, and it was already unplugged, no there were no batteries in this radio, when my husband went downstairs, he found Bethie. If the clock had not gone off again, I would have probably been the one to find her. I am so glad I didn't have to find her.
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In my opinion, ALL of the injuries COULD have been caused by a seizure.  Seizures, especially full-blown, grand mal seizures often do leave the person with no memory of the event.  So could drugs and/or a good beating.  As the ME aptly noted,  the colar bone injury is a little disturbing, especially in light of the fact that the low-life boyfriend likes to beat on girls.  The scratches, with the seizure having happened on a carpeted floor, are worrysome too.  I'll avoid trashing the boyfriend too badly for the absolutely inappropriate use of CPR, which undoubtedly did more harm than good, as I have seen countless well-meaning, otherwise intelligent people use it inappropriately as well.  No one has even mentioned the scariest, and to me, the most telling part of the story.  He put her to bed?  Not only could a first-time seizure be a sign of another serious, even life-threatening, illness or injury, not only did she just have "CPR" performed on her which could have caused a life-threatening injury, but she was less than fully conscious (she did not remember going to bed) and had just vomited! People can and do die from something as simple as vomiting - when they vomit while unconscious.  This girl needs to:\n1.  See a doctor\n2.  Lose the loser boyfriend\n3.  Get some counceling so she won't choose a replacement loser.
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I will keep you and your family in my prayers. Any time one has a major surgery there is a chance of not making it through the surgery My mom,in 2003 went to her doctor(regular visit) and he sent her to the hospital they ran the usual tests and told her they would not release her,that she had no choice but to have a quadruple by-pass.So she did,she came through the surgery fine. It took a few months for her to regain her strength,she never seemed to recover from a deep depression.18 months later she died peacefully in her sleep.What concerns me,the quadruple was a fairly new venture in heart surgery at the time.Within 6 months of her surgery,her boyfriend was told he needed the same surgery.and one month later mom's younger brother was told he needed a quadruple by pass.at the same time  a friend of mine had the surgery then the doctor tells his wife she needed the same surgery a month or so later another friend of mine had to have the same surgery!These people live in different states But...they were all on social security and medicaid or medicare.There may not be any connection or anything.But it just strikes me as odd that all these people I know had to have the same surgery.I have even wondered"were these doctors using these people as guinea pigs for practice? My Mom was 70 when she died.There's no doubt that many people need this type surgery.Maybe I am just being paranoid!I guess I am still very upset at the fact the doctor said the surgery would add 10 to 15 years to her life.Her death was totally unexpected.She was not complaining of pain or feeling sick or anything. I pray your Grandpa will have a good out come on his surgery!
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I am sorry to hear about this I wish I could answer your Qs. I was just browsing and came across this.I had to post something back!My daughter was very sick about a week ago. She is fine now. But it was so scary.No one knew what she was sick with... Thats the worst part.She is only 2. She was passing alot of blood in her stool....Well we,as humans, always think of the worst first.I felt like the Dr.s were not doing enoff.But I now know that if you trust your DR. with all your hart then your mother is in the right place!But if not...Find some were you do trust.Ya'll will be in my familys prayers.  when you don't know what to do,Take your hands off the situation-by not worring(as much)-and God will then take care of it.
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First off, I'd like to extend my premature condolences and am sorry that you're even going thru this. \n\n       Talk to your father and see if you and him can put your head together and consider legal action. I'm not saying sue. There's no one to sue, not until you get a case. There should be an investigation with this place. Take it from there, but also.....\n\n        On the other hand, my father's in the medical field and 1 day before my grandmother passed on last November she was doing fine for a couple of days after having complications. She was talking like her usual self until she slipped into a coma of sorts... My father termed that "the calm before the storm" and that he had seen that all the time at his hospital. He has been dealing with patients for almost 30 years now, so I definitely take incentive in that. This is likely what it was....she was doing ok for a time following her malady, but whatever was the underlying cause of her condition went in and took over even when she appeared to be up and around. It's a sad and confusing part of death. Apparently, it's also common.
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Definitely see a doctor about this. Brain damage can occur if she suffered head trauma. Fainting is caused by lack of oxygen to the brain due to poor circulation or a number of other sources. If it's for a short period of time, there shouldn't be too many long term problems, but if it's for 4-5minutes or more, large amounts of brain cells can die. I repeat, go see a doctor about this.
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I am sorry for your loss. It is horrible and I also know that nursing homes are notorious for not taking the best care of patients. NOT all nursing homes, but certainly a great many. The same thing happened this past fall with our grandmother, if they had taken care of her the way they were suppose to have she would not have gotten as sick as she did which caused her death. We didn't pursue the matter because they are much bigger than us and the burden of proof was on us. We were not there 24 hours a day so how are to come up with proof. This kind of thing that happened with your sister happens in hospitals too, please remember that. These places harbor many many diseases and infections run rampant through both. Let it go for peace of mind and let your grief run its natural course. Again I am sorry for your loss. Take care
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I am not sure how old or young you are but if you are old enough, you can say no to being hospitalized or have a parent/guardian say no if you aren't old enough. I know that our daughter over  4 years ago had problems when she was in 4th grade, and because at that time she was being extremely violent, and was then to go on to be diagnosed with bipolar, but she stayed one night in the emergency area. We then refused her to be hospitalized, and I stayed home with her and was with her 24 hours a day, 7 days a week until the medication kicked in and she was feeling better. She also went to a psychologist and still goes now and then, as it helps her to not only talk with us but to talk to a therapist. You have say over your own care, especially if you are at that moment of legal age, and of sound mind,etc. Good luck, just don't worry about it all, go and get the help you need! Just make sure you find yourself a good psychiatrist, referrals from friends, family members or call to your local hospital and they'll usually give you 3 names of psychiatrists. Take care of YOU!!!! You may also need a tranquilizer of some kind, and if you are continuing to have suicidal thoughts, sometimes having that major tranquilizer can calm you down until the antidepressants kick in. Please get help ASAP!!!
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Did something in the fruit shop cause her to fall? like a wet floor with no "wet floor" sign? or uneven flooring? raised or loose carpeting or other hazard?\nMorally I would only hold accountable the fruit stand if it was their fault.\nLegally? Sky is the limit...how much money does she have to spend? how much of the proceeds is she willing to give the Lawyer if she wins?\nAt some point people should be responsible for their own actions if it was not the fault of another.
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My daughter suffers from seizures and she is much more likely to have seizures just before she menstruates.  It's just something about the hormones causing more activity in the brain.  I don't really understand it, but I know it's true.  Another thing that affects her is overworking herself.  Doing too much at one time.  when I'm around her, I try to keep her from too much strenuous activity.