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Day 185: The Mile Suitcase Carry

Though I managed to sleep for around 6.75 hours, it was a rough night of sleep. As I was falling asleep I started playing back my seizures in my head but this time it was as if I was able to watch us go through everything. I could see Laura look over at me and start screaming. I could see myself foaming at the mouth and my eyes rolled back. I could see….and then I fell asleep.

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Day 184: Back to Waking Up Early to Workout

Staying up late to watch the Grammys coupled with my first morning waking up early again to workout meant that I didn’t get as much sleep as I would like. While I didn’t wake up at 4:45a like I used to before my seizures, I did wake up at 5:15a. I wasn’t sure that I would get back to working out in the early morning but over the past few months I haven’t been able to consistently workout at night.

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Day 180: Six Months Since My First Seizures

It is hard to believe that 6 months ago today we were at the hospital after I had a grand mal seizure that caused Laura to scream so loudly that 3 of our neighbors came rushing upstairs. All I remember is waking up dazed in the back of an ambulance with a paramedic speaking loudly at me and seeing Laura crying and scared. I then had another seizure once I got to the hospital.

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Day 178: My First Lifting Session in a Few Weeks

Last night I missed my goal of 7 hours of sleep again only getting 6.5 hours. However, the biggest difference between the past 2 nights was last night I got under 3 hours of deep sleep. One big reason for this was that usually Darren sleeps with Laura but last night he shifted near me moving from between my legs to behind my legs to my feet to demanding to being petted. We think he was doing it to feel safe in our new home but it didn’t make for a consistent night of sleep for me.

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Day 176: The Patriots Win the Super Bowl!

Last night was our first night sleeping in our new apartment. By the time we went to sleep I crashed hard and slept through the entire night. I woke up around 6:50a a bit confused where I was but quickly realized that we had moved. We ended up getting the day going relatively early since we had errands to run and wanted to tackle more unpacking before/after the Super Bowl.

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Day 175: Moving Down to San Jose

This morning started earlier than usual for a Saturday since we had several things to finish before the movers arrived at 8:30a. As I did yesterday I pushed my shoulders harder than Laura or her mom felt comfortable with. Honestly, the past 2 days I have gone far outside of what my orthopedic surgeon would be happy with but it needed to be done so I had to deal with the discomfort and soreness. 

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