Journal entry by Barbara Bradley — Oct 1, 2014

I didn’t know what to expect from last night but it was pretty much a repeat of the night before. Nathan actually heard the first episode around 2:30 in the morning. Sad to have a 9 year old on seizure watch but he heard her and knew to come get me. Like the night before they happened about every 30 minutes until about 6 this morning and then we just gave up and got up.

The nurse called me back this morning and relayed back that the neurologist brought up night terrors and wants me to capture an episode on video so he can better determine what is going on. The episodes are too often and too systematically. Also, she clearly wakes up before the episode like she senses something coming on (aura) and she is awake after it happens. Night terrors don’t happen the exact same way, don’t happen so frequently and the person usually isn’t aware of the what’s happening and are very difficult to arouse during the event. Of course, I am no doctor but with her history it stands to reason we really have to consider it.

Here goes another night. At least we get some of the night in before they start. I hope at least to capture a good event. At least with the pattern they are fairly predictable so I should be able to plan when to be ready.