My wife was discharged yesterday afternoon from the Stanford hospital after having her left STA-MCA bypass. She seemed to have been recovering very well 3 days after the surgery. Today at noon she had a seizure that lasted about a minute and became unconscious for 10 mins. Previously she suffered involuntary movements while conscious, but were not seizures. During the episode she suddenly became stiff, her eyes rolled back and followed by convulsions and foaming in her mouth. She has no memory of what happened. She's spending the night in Clinical Decision for observation

We were told that some patients in Dr. Steinbergs's series have had complications with seizures post op on the left side. Is this temporary. I was so scared during the episode. She's being prescribed Keppra and evaluation after 2 months. We have one last clinical visit with Dr. Steinberg on Wednesday, but we hope to see home tomorrow. Is this temporary or will she have life long seizures. I don't want to see her go through it again. I had a roommate in college that has epilepsy and I witnessed him having a seizure once...the experience is just so heart wrenching when it's a loved one I am so nervous traveling back on Friday.