Crazy Weekend

[paraka]

There was partying and house moving. I went down to Toronto with my parents this weekend, and my little sister was left home alone (she's 17) while we were gone. She's a bit of a hypochondriac, and just had gum surgery, so when she called to say that something was wrong with her face, we kind of just... not ignored it, but mostly just tried to calm her down. We had my cousin pick her up so a nearby aunt could see, and next thing we knew she was in the ER, because was something ever wrong with her face.

Turns out she has Bell's Palsy, and half her face has pretty much been paralyzed. :S Luckily it isn't permanent, but still. She looks kind of freaky:

My mom and I met her at the hospital (still in the ER, it's not so serious that she had to stay there or anything), and I took that video. I think the trip screwed me up a bit though, since last night I had a nightmare about my leg being amputated :S

I sooo need to get caught up on my shows. I still haven't seen last weeks eps of SGA or Reaper, and I really need to rewatch Numb3rs, because how awesome was that ep!?

Comments

[paradise-city.livejournal.com]

Wow. I'm glad your sister's okay.

[paraka]

Well she's not better yet :S The more research we do, the more it sounds like this could last a while, which would really suck for her, since she's in grade 12 and can't afford to miss school, but the meds she's on make her really spacey. I really hope she doesn't have one of those cases that can take months to get better, or worse, be permanent :S

[kaaatie.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear that she's going to be okay. That sounds like it would have been pretty scary.

Last weeks SGA was pretty great!! I hope you get the chance to watch it soon! :)

[paraka]

Glad to hear that she's going to be okay.
Well, the Dr. said we should go back if it wasn't better in a week, but the more research we do, and the more we talk to people that have had this, the more it seems like this is going to take a while to get better. I feel bad, because I was teasing her that she wasn't allowed to talk like Jean Cretien, and it turns out that his facial paralysis was from a childhood case of Bell's Palsy. :S I really hope she gets better fast; the meds she's on make her kind of spacey.

Last weeks SGA was pretty great!! I hope you get the chance to watch it soon! :)
I'm going to watch it tonight!