Ashton

"Your mom has epilepsy," his brows drew together. "She asked us not to inform you but we had no other choice," he added. His mouth was pressed in a straight line and a worried expression printed on his face.

She cares about worrying me even when she is terribly sick, ugh!

His words made my heartbeat drop; it seemed almost as if the ground was slipping away from my feet and I was running in order catch it. Agonized, the darkness started sweeping in front of me. I wanted to scream at the top of my lungs but no voice came out of my mouth.

"What? When did that happen? Why was I not informed? I have been here all morning," I screamed after a few seconds. My voice was quivering, it was mixed with immense fright and anger.

Breathe, Ashton. Breathe.

"Mr. Anderson, please take a seat and we can talk about it in detail," the doctor gestured towards the couch. I immediately followed his words and sat beside him, it felt almost as if my life had been off-tracked.

"She went through a seizure?" I asked.

"I am afraid so, it happened during her sleep," he paused.

The lights in my eyes dimmed even though the room was very bright. I reached a point where the brightness became torturing.

"It has happened more than thrice since morning. Seizures can take on many different forms, and seizures affect different people in different ways; her seizure was both physical and emotional," he paused again. I was lost in silence as I focused and scrutinized everything he was saying.

"When she woke up, her heart beat was racing and she started calling out to someone. In other words, she was hallucinating. Julia repeatedly complained of a tingling or electric shock like feeling all over her body. These are the common symptoms of a seizure." A tear trickled down my eyes.

I love her so much, I cannot lose her. The woman I love so much is suffering and I cannot even do anything about it right now.

"How is she now?"

"She is in her recovery phase. We have done her EEG and MRI scans all over again. This can happen during hypothyroidism. As the seizure ends, the postictal phase occurs - this is the recovery period after the seizure. Some people recover immediately while others may take minutes to hours to feel like their usual self."

"Seizure? What happened to mom?" Emily's eyes were moist with tears. To my horror, Emily heard the entire conversation. She cried throughout our discussion, I felt guilty for not being able to protect her from this soul-shaking news.

"Nothing, baby girl, mom is fine." I got onto my knees in front of her and wrapped my arms around her.

"You are lying to me, Ashton," she pushed me away. The terror which overtook her face made her eyes widen out. Tears were still falling down from her eyes. "I am going, liar, liar, liar."

"Emily, stop!!" I shouted but she never stopped. I immediately turned towards the doctor to revert back to the conversation.

"So when can I see her?"

I wanted to be with mom, I felt like sitting beside her bed. I wanted to hold her hand against my cheek and dry my tears in front of her. I wanted to shout at her for worrying about me too much but at the same time, I also wanted to erase all the pain out of her life. I was still a little shell-shocked but I tried to keep my composure as I discussed the treatment plan with the doctor.

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