Update 9/3/2008

Michelle was hooked up to an EEG when she had two of her episodes back to back. An EEG is basically 20-30 wires stuck on your head picking up what your brain is doing. Here's the thing: her brain was entirely 100% normal before, during, and after her episodes. In short, what she does isn't really a seizure since it's not caused by spastic brain activity.

Apparently, her body has been doing all sorts of weird shit to deal with a build-up stress and anxiety over what was probably some sort of traumatic event (or events) that happened when she was younger. Even more surprising is that this is fairly common -- so common in fact, the neurologist who was talking to us referred us to a therapist-type person who specializes in this particular thing and who works at the same place we went today (the Epilepsy Institute of North Carolina).

He told us that roughly half of the people who are referred to the Epilepsy Institute don't actually have epilepsy and that their issues are very similar to Michelle's. So Monday morning, we get to meet someone who has studied this particular thing probably as long as long as Michelle has been alive.