Posted this in another thread prior to the game about traditions.
We had our first child in September 2021. Her first game was the night game against Washington, watched from the hospital room at age ~36 hours. In her lifetime we are 3-0 against OSU.
We had our second child just over an hour before the kickoff vs. ECU. We named him Roman. Roman Wilson had 3 touchdowns that game. In my son’s lifetime, we are now 1-0 against OSU.
I’m not superstitious but I am a little stitious, and I think these two are good-luck charms.
In an effort to end the losing streak, I had my wife give birth to a child in September 2021. Her first game was the night game against Washington at age ~36 hours. She is 2-0 vs Ohio State.
I had my wife give birth to a second child in September 2023. Let's see what happens. If we win, then we apparently need to keep having kids on a yearly or at least bi-yearly basis.
Edit: The night game was watched on TV from the hospital room. No, I did not take a 36-hour-old newborn to the stadium.
Interestingly, he basically remade it in 2005 as Match Point. Changed a lot of stuff, including the setting from NYC to London, but a lot of the thematic elements are comparable. Both are fantastic films, IMO.
You’re absolutely right that the prognosis following a concussion is overall quite good. The brain is excellent at recovering from trauma.
Unfortunately, we also know that with each concussion recovery is slower than with the preceding one. Remember that concussion is a (mild) form of TBI. CTE is essentially the result of hundreds of concussions cumulatively causing irreversible brain damage.
As a Michigan and football fan, I will continue rooting hard for my team every Saturday.
As a neurologist and a dad, there is no way my kids will ever play football. Or hockey. Or boxing, obvi. Other sports will be decided on a case by case basis. I vote for chess.
Would it be possible to add my name even though I’m an infrequent poster and do not yet have the requisite points to upvote?
And I speak for myself, my wife, and two kids, the younger of whom is two months old and is mature beyond his years. Just yesterday he gave me a look that clearly indicated “this signgate thing is bullshit.”
I'm a neurologist, and though I'm not an epileptologist (my area of expertise within neurology is headache medicine) I have seen my fair share of seizures in residency and beyond. This is also my first time posting, though I've been a reader for a long time.
If he had an epileptic seizure, whether focal or generalized, I would generally expect a postictal state (essentially the confusional state the OP very eloquently describes). However, this is not only not an absolute, but even when it occurs it can be as brief as 5 minutes before there is a return to baseline. This is not common, though, and in most cases I've seen it lasts closer to 20-30 minutes if not longer.
That said, unless there was a neurologist or someone else who has seen enough seizures in their lifetime on the field witnessing the episode, it can be very difficult to distinguish an epileptic seizure from either a nonepileptic seizure or an episode of convulsive syncope (passing out with seizure-like activity).
OP, your advice is spot-on and I wish you the absolute best with regards to your health. The only other things I would add are:
-While the situation is terrifying and overwhelming for anyone who witnesses a seizure, if there are multiple people around, it is a good idea for someone to film the episode on their phone. This is often extremely useful to the treating physician who is often making a retrospective diagnosis based entirely on the history of a scared bystander.
-If a video cannot be obtained, it is very useful to check the clock and try to time the episode.
-Anyone experiencing a seizure should be seen by a general neurologist or epileptilogist (I'd recommend the latter, but they are not available everywhere).
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Didn’t bettors go all in on Ohio State against us also?
Posted this in another thread prior to the game about traditions.
We had our first child in September 2021. Her first game was the night game against Washington, watched from the hospital room at age ~36 hours. In her lifetime we are 3-0 against OSU.
We had our second child just over an hour before the kickoff vs. ECU. We named him Roman. Roman Wilson had 3 touchdowns that game. In my son’s lifetime, we are now 1-0 against OSU.
I’m not superstitious but I am a little stitious, and I think these two are good-luck charms.
In an effort to end the losing streak, I had my wife give birth to a child in September 2021. Her first game was the night game against Washington at age ~36 hours. She is 2-0 vs Ohio State.
I had my wife give birth to a second child in September 2023. Let's see what happens. If we win, then we apparently need to keep having kids on a yearly or at least bi-yearly basis.
Edit: The night game was watched on TV from the hospital room. No, I did not take a 36-hour-old newborn to the stadium.
Interestingly, he basically remade it in 2005 as Match Point. Changed a lot of stuff, including the setting from NYC to London, but a lot of the thematic elements are comparable. Both are fantastic films, IMO.
You’re absolutely right that the prognosis following a concussion is overall quite good. The brain is excellent at recovering from trauma.
Unfortunately, we also know that with each concussion recovery is slower than with the preceding one. Remember that concussion is a (mild) form of TBI. CTE is essentially the result of hundreds of concussions cumulatively causing irreversible brain damage.
As a Michigan and football fan, I will continue rooting hard for my team every Saturday.
As a neurologist and a dad, there is no way my kids will ever play football. Or hockey. Or boxing, obvi. Other sports will be decided on a case by case basis. I vote for chess.
You guys are awesome. Upvoteability status has been reached. Thank you so much!
Would it be possible to add my name even though I’m an infrequent poster and do not yet have the requisite points to upvote?
And I speak for myself, my wife, and two kids, the younger of whom is two months old and is mature beyond his years. Just yesterday he gave me a look that clearly indicated “this signgate thing is bullshit.”
Given that last year they moved back to second I think this is unlikely.
I'm a neurologist, and though I'm not an epileptologist (my area of expertise within neurology is headache medicine) I have seen my fair share of seizures in residency and beyond. This is also my first time posting, though I've been a reader for a long time.
If he had an epileptic seizure, whether focal or generalized, I would generally expect a postictal state (essentially the confusional state the OP very eloquently describes). However, this is not only not an absolute, but even when it occurs it can be as brief as 5 minutes before there is a return to baseline. This is not common, though, and in most cases I've seen it lasts closer to 20-30 minutes if not longer.
That said, unless there was a neurologist or someone else who has seen enough seizures in their lifetime on the field witnessing the episode, it can be very difficult to distinguish an epileptic seizure from either a nonepileptic seizure or an episode of convulsive syncope (passing out with seizure-like activity).
OP, your advice is spot-on and I wish you the absolute best with regards to your health. The only other things I would add are:
-While the situation is terrifying and overwhelming for anyone who witnesses a seizure, if there are multiple people around, it is a good idea for someone to film the episode on their phone. This is often extremely useful to the treating physician who is often making a retrospective diagnosis based entirely on the history of a scared bystander.
-If a video cannot be obtained, it is very useful to check the clock and try to time the episode.
-Anyone experiencing a seizure should be seen by a general neurologist or epileptilogist (I'd recommend the latter, but they are not available everywhere).