Curbside pickup was the only option, so I saw the boats for the first time when the sporting goods staff hauled them to the curb.

But it was early in the pandemic and we didn’t even hug, too fearful we would expose each other to the virus. My parents drove to our house, stood in our yard and said they were sorry. Later that day, he was diagnosed with epilepsy, cause unknown. But we had to use it just two weeks later when Thomas had a second, frightening seizure hours before an MRI and an EEG to measure his brain waves. We might never need it, the neurologist said. The doctor scheduled tests and prescribed medication for use if Thomas had a seizure that lasted five minutes or longer. The emergency room doctor looked him over and sent us home.ĭays later, when we met with a neurologist for the first time, Thomas still had a bruise on his forehead from toppling face forward. The delay did no harm there isn’t much that can be done after a seizure. A nurse, then a doctor instructed us that this was urgent, that we needed to go. We were scared, and I watched YouTube videos of puppies on my phone while Thomas lay beside me, unconscious, until the pediatrician’s office called back. The crew suggested we drive him to the hospital, that there could be COVID in the ambulance.īut we didn’t leave for an hour and a half. My husband was the one to roll him over, to notice him drooling and his left arm moving rhythmically. I initially thought nothing of him lying face-down on the floor, stepping over him as I went to do laundry. That pretty much says it all.īy April, things got worse. I snapped a picture of a desk neatly set up. Who did I think I was? Who did I think we were?

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