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Yesterday when I saw my roommate after he came home from work, I noticed he was exhausted as usual. I thought it was from his usual daily activities, which is normal, but boy, was I wrong. Check out some of the strange things he did when he did get home:
- The first thing he did was immediately put into the freezer two candy bars that he had brought home. From the looks of things, they didn't seem to be melted, but what did I know?
- I showed him the engagement ring that I'm giving my fiancee this Friday. I think the ring is as gorgeous as any ring I've seen, but he was very apathetic towards it. That for him -- a very nice guy -- is not normal.
- He didn't know what I was talking about when I asked him what the Sales Tax is for the state of Texas.
- His favorite show is Friends, which he watches religiously at 6:00 every day. Yesterday, however, he was very surprised to see Friends on when I was watching it at 6:00, and asked me what channel it was on. Since Friends is in syndication right now, it was on the WB network at that time. But when he turned on his TV in the living room (I was in my office), he instead tuned into NBC (the regular station for Friends, obviously) while probably expecting Friends to show up.
- While watching what was on NBC (Entertainment Tonight, I believe), he kept on babbling on about there not being enough televisions and enough VCRs to record everything. Huh?
For the next hour or so, he relaxed on the couch in the living room. He was notably tired but still sitting up and trying to stay awake. My roommate has said some strange things before, but not this strange. Still, I thought nothing of it and left him alone. Unfortunately, I didn't put two and two together; I knew he was a diabetic, but I had no idea what would happen if his blood sugar was low.
Well, at around 7:45, while I was in the next room, I heard the most blood-curdling whine -- yes a whine -- that I have ever heard in my life. Something was VERY, VERY wrong with my roommate. I instantly rushed into the living room, and saw the most frightening thing I've ever seen.
My roommate was sitting up on the couch, but his body was shaking uncontrollably (think Russell Crowe in a Beautiful Mind), while he was foaming at the mouth and spitting blood out all over his chin and shirt. Although I've never seen someone have a seizure before, I instantly knew that he was having one, and I was scared out of my pants. I immediately called 911 in a panic and had an ambulance sent to help my roommate out. The uncontrollable shaking and blood spitting only lasted about 10 seconds, but after that my roommate was NOT looking good. His eyes were rolled back, his tongue was slightly sticking out of his mouth, and he was trying desperately to breath out of his mouth. The only thing that came out was more drool and a very strange, intense, snore-like noise.
Luckily, the ambulance came about three minutes after I called. The EMT's were efficient and did a very good job treating my roommate while we were still in the apartment. They kept on asking him questions, but all he wanted to do was mumble and take off the oxygen mask that they put on him. He was very incoherent -- almost in a trance-like state. The only understandable thing he said was "OW!" repeatedly when the EMTs repeatedly tried to stick an IV needle in him. Anyway, he was a mess.
After my roommate was somewhat stable, the EMTs put him on the strecher, loaded him into the Ambulance, and took him to the closest ER for additional treatment. For the next 3 1/2 hours, as his blood sugar started to rise again (thanks to the IV and some food), he was able to regain his conciousness and coherency. The most interesting thing was is that he remembered NOTHING from the time he got home to the point that he woke up in the hospital. As I continued to talk to him and told him about the weird things he was doing before he had the seizure, his memory slowly started to come back. He did finally remember some of his unexplainable actions, but he thought he dreamed them instead of actually experiencing them -- very weird. Also, the extreme tensing of his muscles that came from his uncontrollable shaking caused his whole body to be sore for the rest of the night
I was able to take my roommate home at around 12:30 this morning. He was understandably tired, but didn't immediately go to bed -- the idiot. Anyway, after I was assured that he would be okay, I crashed and went to bed. Sure, he had the seizure, but I had to witness it. It was something that I absolutely do NOT want to see again.
/edit: the blood that he was spitting out came about because he bit his tongue and lip during the seizure. So, that wasn't as bad as I made it out to be.
- The first thing he did was immediately put into the freezer two candy bars that he had brought home. From the looks of things, they didn't seem to be melted, but what did I know?
- I showed him the engagement ring that I'm giving my fiancee this Friday. I think the ring is as gorgeous as any ring I've seen, but he was very apathetic towards it. That for him -- a very nice guy -- is not normal.
- He didn't know what I was talking about when I asked him what the Sales Tax is for the state of Texas.
- His favorite show is Friends, which he watches religiously at 6:00 every day. Yesterday, however, he was very surprised to see Friends on when I was watching it at 6:00, and asked me what channel it was on. Since Friends is in syndication right now, it was on the WB network at that time. But when he turned on his TV in the living room (I was in my office), he instead tuned into NBC (the regular station for Friends, obviously) while probably expecting Friends to show up.
- While watching what was on NBC (Entertainment Tonight, I believe), he kept on babbling on about there not being enough televisions and enough VCRs to record everything. Huh?
For the next hour or so, he relaxed on the couch in the living room. He was notably tired but still sitting up and trying to stay awake. My roommate has said some strange things before, but not this strange. Still, I thought nothing of it and left him alone. Unfortunately, I didn't put two and two together; I knew he was a diabetic, but I had no idea what would happen if his blood sugar was low.
Well, at around 7:45, while I was in the next room, I heard the most blood-curdling whine -- yes a whine -- that I have ever heard in my life. Something was VERY, VERY wrong with my roommate. I instantly rushed into the living room, and saw the most frightening thing I've ever seen.
My roommate was sitting up on the couch, but his body was shaking uncontrollably (think Russell Crowe in a Beautiful Mind), while he was foaming at the mouth and spitting blood out all over his chin and shirt. Although I've never seen someone have a seizure before, I instantly knew that he was having one, and I was scared out of my pants. I immediately called 911 in a panic and had an ambulance sent to help my roommate out. The uncontrollable shaking and blood spitting only lasted about 10 seconds, but after that my roommate was NOT looking good. His eyes were rolled back, his tongue was slightly sticking out of his mouth, and he was trying desperately to breath out of his mouth. The only thing that came out was more drool and a very strange, intense, snore-like noise.
Luckily, the ambulance came about three minutes after I called. The EMT's were efficient and did a very good job treating my roommate while we were still in the apartment. They kept on asking him questions, but all he wanted to do was mumble and take off the oxygen mask that they put on him. He was very incoherent -- almost in a trance-like state. The only understandable thing he said was "OW!" repeatedly when the EMTs repeatedly tried to stick an IV needle in him. Anyway, he was a mess.
After my roommate was somewhat stable, the EMTs put him on the strecher, loaded him into the Ambulance, and took him to the closest ER for additional treatment. For the next 3 1/2 hours, as his blood sugar started to rise again (thanks to the IV and some food), he was able to regain his conciousness and coherency. The most interesting thing was is that he remembered NOTHING from the time he got home to the point that he woke up in the hospital. As I continued to talk to him and told him about the weird things he was doing before he had the seizure, his memory slowly started to come back. He did finally remember some of his unexplainable actions, but he thought he dreamed them instead of actually experiencing them -- very weird. Also, the extreme tensing of his muscles that came from his uncontrollable shaking caused his whole body to be sore for the rest of the night
I was able to take my roommate home at around 12:30 this morning. He was understandably tired, but didn't immediately go to bed -- the idiot. Anyway, after I was assured that he would be okay, I crashed and went to bed. Sure, he had the seizure, but I had to witness it. It was something that I absolutely do NOT want to see again.
/edit: the blood that he was spitting out came about because he bit his tongue and lip during the seizure. So, that wasn't as bad as I made it out to be.
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