You know, I just woke up from a beautiful dream gone horribly wrong.

Basically it was a happy, frolicking dream with my husband. Just the two of us deeply connected and in love. Suddenly it turned into a fast nightmare when he began to have a vivid seizure. (Mind you, I’ve never witnessed a seizure in anyone, much less John. And this was more realistic than anything on TV.) He began convulsing in my dream, turning purple and clenching his jaw. In my dream, I thought back to all the rescue tips I’d heard through the years and realized I had no idea what to REALLY do.

I startled awake and went right to the Internet to figure out what to do. What I learned is there are many myths out there about handling seizures…myths that I believed too.

MYTH #1

Put something in their mouth so they don’t ’swallow their tongue.’

TRUTH #1

Don’t ever do that…they could choke on the object.

MYTH #2

Restrain the person.

TRUTH #2

Don’t restrain them…this could cause serious injury to you and the victim. But do remove harmful objects nearby.

MYTH #3

Give the person something to drink.

TRUTH #3

Don’t give them food or water until they are fully recovered (whatever that means) as they could still choke.

Anyway, I know it’s an odd post for a marketing blog but you’ll always find snippets of what’s banging around in my personal mind too. And it just might help save a life down the road. Maybe I had that dream for a reason.

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