Today I had one of the fiddlehead fern kinds of seizures -- where my arm (almost always the right one) curls up and locks in that position. Nothing new about that...
Except...
It happened while I was going through the dollar DVDs at Cash America. I was holding four treasures that I'd found in my right hand. It curled up around them. I kept shopping, figuring it would loosen up before I was done. No such luck. I got to the counter to buy them, and my left hand could not get at the correct angle to pull the DVDs out of my grip. I had to ask the cashier if she could pull them out, explaining that I was having a seizure and couldn't let go of them. She asked, with huge eyes, if I needed her to call an ambulance. I told her that I was fine, it was a normal occurrence for me, and that no medical assistance was needed. I just couldn't get the cases out of my hand for her to be able to ring them up. She pulled them out, rang up my order, and watched in a bit of awe as I signed the credit card slip (legibly!) by sticking the pen between two fingers and moving my shoulder appropriately. She asked if a bag would help (no thanks), then handed me the DVDs with the receipt neatly wrapped around them. Then, bless her heart, "Is it okay to say have a nice day?" It's just fine.
