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Sharing Support for Brittany & Family

Saint Amant, LA

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Last Friday, I had an extremely frightening experience. I woke up in a hospital bed, barely able to move, had no idea where I was, why I was there, and how I had gotten there. Joseph said that late Wednesday night I sat up in bed and started to say that I was going to the bathroom, but mid-word, it sounded like I was a computer shutting down, and my I went into a full body seizure, and would have two more before paramedics got here, and one on the way in the ambulance. The only thing I remember, and I guess I was dreaming, was seeing people standing around my bed that could not be there, like my mom for instance. I have no memory of anything else between then and Friday afternoon. I was brought to the emergency room, and my blood pressure would spike dangerously high, and then dangerously low, and my heart rate dropped into the 30's. I had something called a transient ischemic attack, which is similar to a stroke, but it's not, the biggest difference, is that a TIA can clear up on its own usually in minutes, but can, like in my case, last for over 24 hours, and is caused usually by a blood clot. I was treated, released on Friday, but I am just not starting to feel somewhat normal, and I don't know if I would even call it normal to be honest. The reason I made this page is because Joseph and I have experienced a significant loss in income because of all of this. He missed almost an entire week of work, and I haven't been able to work since, and I know we are just getting further and further behind as a result. I hate asking for help, I feel like we have tried really hard to only ask when it was an absolute necessity, from anyone, and right now it is, the stress from worrying about money is not the best feeling at the moment. I know things like this are why you should have an emergency fund, because sometimes life sneaks up on you. Right now, the biggest help would be, anything, even if it's just a prayer. Thank you as well to anyone who has helped, it is more appreciated than you can imagine.