Today marks exactly one year since I went for a drive by myself. (Oh, how I took driving for granted.) It was a Wednesday night, and I had an appointment at the Sky Ridge Westside campus for my very first MRI scan ever. I will never forget that night. Two life-changing events (as my Mom put it earlier) occurring at the same time. Brain scan and last time driving for a year.
It's really too bad that I had no clue it would be my last trip alone for a while. I may have just kept on going, and going, and going... Well, at least until I got tired, haha. I am the mother of two young boys. I imagine I would have driven to the mountain top and taken in the view. Or cruised down the strip blasting Natalie Grant's latest album.
Just kidding about cruising the strip, but I did/do like my music loud when I drive.
In the state of TN a person must be seizure-free for six months before he/she is allowed to drive again. While I have not had my license revoked, my seizure activity has been noted on my medical record. It's hard not to count the days since my last seizure (about 2 weeks!), even though it's such a crushing feeling to know that the clock starts over every time I have one. I dream of the day I can get behind the wheel. It WILL come eventually. It has to. This has been the longest year of my life thus far.
