Annabell
Once we arrive home and finish our lunch, we all collapse from exhaustion. I'm out cold within minutes, both from the exhaustion of the seizure and the events of the past few hours. I pray nothing like this ever happens to me again. It was so stressful that I sleep for hours.
When I wake up, I remember my promise to Jacob. I walk down the hall to his room.
"Jacob, before we do the forensics lesson, I'd like to talk to you."
"You didn't say we'd talk before forensics," he says.
"I know, but I changed my mind. We need to talk so that I know how you're doing."
"I wish I hadn't gotten arrested," he says.
"I know. That wasn't in the plans for your visit. Neither was me having a seizure. My physician said that it was a breakthrough seizure. Even though I'm on meds, I still will have a seizure once in awhile, especially if there is lots of stress in my life. Yesterday was very stressful with Ursula's visit and that lady trying to help us across the street. . My physician has increased my dose from 800 to 1200 MG so there will be more medicine in my system. This should prevent any further breakthrough seizures. I can't promise whether I will have another seizure while you're here or not, but I'm relatively confident this won't happen again."
Jacob doesn't say anything for a minute. I wonder what he's thinking.
"How come you didn't tell me about your seizures before I came?"
"I guess because they were so well controlled. I figured I didn't need to worry you or your mom with the possibility of me having a breakthrough seizure. I figured it was such a remote possibility that it wouldn't happen in the week you'd be here."
I can tell he's mulling this over trying to put it into his own range of experiences.
"I guess that makes sense," he says. "There are people I didn't tell about my Asperger's in the beginning, but there were problems later because I didn't tell them about it." He tells me about a job he once held at a pet shop where he was fired because of his Asperger's quirks, for instance not wearing the uniform shirt except on the day designated for that color.
"Do you feel better now?"
"Yeah."