Obstacle Three For Our Family

We had gotten settled in and liked Goodyear.  One afternoon in September, disaster hit again.  I was shopping with my parents and Dainis was at work when I had my first major seizure.  I was rushed to Mayo clinic, where I stayed for several days.  So, I was sick again and we had no doctors or resources.  My neurosurgeon in MN said I looked great and had no signs of seizures so he took me off my medication.  We now know that anyone with a brain injury should never go off anti-seizure medicine.  We learned quickly to be our own advocate.  The next two years were very hard and almost worse than the stroke.  We were always in a panic mode.  After two years of battling the seizures, we finally found a medicine that worked.  I have now been seizure-free for 5 1/2 years. We started to get our life back and new opportunities came about as I got stronger.  Becoming involved in the Women's Ministry at church was my first step for going out and meeting new girlfriends.  It has changed my life.