Scout's epilepsy by the numbers
2
The number of days since Scout's last seizure.
📉 Yearly Frequency
Is Scout's epilepsy improving as she gets older?
🕒 Time of Day
Exploring the times when Scout's seizures occur.
📆 Days of the Week
Exploring seizure frequency across the days of the week.
🗓️ Months of the Year
Exploring seizure frequency across the months of the year.
🌜 Lunacy
Exploring seizure frequency across moon phases.
🗒️ Words
In no particular order or pattern, words and phrases we have used to describe Scout's seizures.
disoriented
anxious
facial ticks
trembling
vacant
twitches
smelling/sniffing
tremors
loss of mobility
tensed up
frozen
dazed
collapsed
excessive panting
accelerated heart rate
glassed over eyes
stiffened body
full body spasms
convulsions
spaced out
loss of awareness
shaky
incoherent
weird behaviour
head shakes
agitated
erratic
unsettled
restless
skittish
absent
📚 Glossary
Terms used in describing Scout's epilepsy.
Focal
Scout has absences where she stares vacantly or she has head twitches that make her head bobble.
Generalized
Scout will have body jerks and spasms that last about 30 to 60 seconds. She takes about an hour to come around.
Secondary
A focal seizure that leads into a generalized seizure.