I witnessed a guy in my class have a seizure today. It was one of the scariest things I have ever seen. I've heard people talk about witnessing a person have a seizure, but it's a whole different story when you actually see one. I was sitting in Spanish class listening to the teacher lecture when all of the sudden this guy starts yelling. I was so confused. I think the teacher was caught off guard and 30 seconds later started yelling that this guy, Miguel is having a seizure. My first reactions was to run away. That damn flight or fight reflect.
Then he started to convulse and fall out of his desk. As he was falling he hit his nose of the desk next to him. He gashed the side of his nose and started to bleed. People were trying to call the police and they needed an address, but it took forever for someone to figure out the exact address of the building on campus. I didn't know what to do. By the look on everybody's face you could everyone was in shock, myself included. A couple minutes later his convulsions stopped and he started to make a noise like he was snoring really loud. We all pushed the desk away from where he was. Blood was on the floor, on his book and on his clothing. The paramedics finally came and told everyone to leave.
This had to have been one of the most distrubing things I have ever seen. I don't mean it in a bad way its just this is the type of thing you don't see often or want to see happen. On my walk home after this class I got extermely naustious. I think it was my nerves. What was strange was he seemed fine at the beginning of the class. The teacher even called on him to answer a question and he answered it well. I was talking to my friend, who is EMT certified, and he said the seizure could have been caused because he got nervous, but I'm not sure this is the case cause the teacher calls on everyone. I hope he's okay. I wonder if he'll be in class on Monday.
Love, Shelley
