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Sunday evening, Judy Bowness, wife of Winnipeg Jets head coach Rick Bowness suffered a seizure and is currently in hospital undergoing further testing. As a result, Rick is taking a leave of absence from the hockey club. Associate coach Scott Arniel is serving as the interim head coach until Rick returns to the team. We ask everyone to respect the family’s privacy at this time.
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Sorry but this deserves its own thread, I had no idea was happening till now. Thoughts and prayers with Rick and Judy!
 
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There is a wide range of possible causes for a person of that age having a seizure. None of them are good but some are much worse than others.

I hope this will turn out to have been one of the less bad ones. Best wishes to Judy, Bones and their family.
 
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Tough news for the Bowness family. Godspeed to Judy and the family as they navigate this and best wishes for good outcomes.

I wonder if Rick decides that soon is the time to step away from the rigours of being an HC in today's NHL in order to enjoy a well-earned retirement.
 
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Mortimer Snerd said:
There is a wide range of possible causes for a person of that age having a seizure. None of them are good but some are much worse than others.

I hope this will turn out to have been one of the less bad ones. Best wishes to Judy, Bones and their family.
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Totally agree and different levels of seizure as well Grand mal being the biggest and most serious. That's what i had but medication stopped it from happening again. You still get the aura of a seizure sometimes and that is hard to explain but it's not a good feeling and i never had migraines before but i do now. Medication helps alot with those though. Hopefully it was just a one time thing for her which can happen.
 
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Jets 31 said:
Totally agree and different levels of seizure as well Grand mal being the biggest and most serious. That's what i had but medication stopped it from happening again. You still get the aura of a seizure sometimes and that is hard to explain but it's not a good feeling and i never had migraines before but i do now. Medication helps alot with those though. Hopefully it was just a one time thing for her which can happen.
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The cause may not be epileptic at all. There are many other conditions that can trigger a seizure.

Sorry to hear of your condition. It can be life altering.
 
Mortimer Snerd said:
The cause may not be epileptic at all. There are many other conditions that can trigger a seizure.

Sorry to hear of your condition. It can be life altering.
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Ya I'm not epileptic either, basically i have a very small spot in the brain that sometimes bleeds causing you to short out a little. Surgery wasn't a option because it's too deep in the brain and if the surgery didn't go well i would have permanent damage done. Loss of sight in one eye and movement of a arm . The seizure happed right out of the blue at 30 years old, no signs , nothing.
 
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Mortimer Snerd said:
The cause may not be epileptic at all. There are many other conditions that can trigger a seizure.

Sorry to hear of your condition. It can be life altering.
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There are likely many things that can cause a seizure. Sometimes diabetics can have seizures, if their blood sugar levels, or insulin levels get out of normal range. For instance, I once rented a house to a 60 year old lady who told me she was rushed to the hospital, because she had a seizure, and said she was flipping around on the ground.( out of control) A neighbour saw her and called an ambulance. She told me because she was a diabetic, if her blood sugar levels are not right, or insulin levels, that this can happen. This is just one example, and I'm sure there are many other things that could cause this -- like epilepsy, or your fluid and electrolyte levels get out of range, like happened to my sister. So there are "many" things that can cause these things, and I'm not a medical person by any means, but I just cited a couple of real life examples, I've seen happen in real life.

I just hope it's nothing too serious for Rick's wife, and that it's a manageable condition, and that she can recover quickly and get well, and maybe medication to prevent reoccurence. I wish the very best for Rick Bowness and his wife. I'm sure they know right now what it is.
 
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GNP said:
There are likely many things that can cause a seizure. Sometimes diabetics can have seizures, if their blood sugar levels, or insulin levels get out of normal range. For instance, I once rented a house to a 60 year old lady who told me she was rushed to the hospital, because she had a seizure, and said she was flipping around on the ground.( out of control) A neighbour saw her and called an ambulance. She told me because she was a diabetic, if her blood sugar levels are not right, or insulin levels, that this can happen. This is just one example, and I'm sure there are many other things that could cause this -- like epilepsy, or your fluid and electrolyte levels get out of range, like happened to my sister. So there are "many" things that can cause these things, and I'm not a medical person by any means, but I just cited a couple of real life examples, I've seen happen in real life.

I just hope it's nothing too serious for Rick's wife, and that it's a manageable condition, and that she can recover quickly and get well, and maybe medication to prevent reoccurence. I wish the very best for Rick Bowness and his wife. I'm sure they know right now what it is.
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Exactly. Not even necessarily a brain problem, as such.
Even with medical training, none of us has enough information to reach any conclusion at this point. Just hope and pray for the best.
 
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Ya I'm not epileptic either, basically i have a very small spot in the brain that sometimes bleeds causing you to short out a little. Surgery wasn't a option because it's too deep in the brain and if the surgery didn't go well i would have permanent damage done. Loss of sight in one eye and movement of a arm . The seizure happed right out of the blue at 30 years old, no signs , nothing.
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I think you did the right thing by not having surgery, as the risks are far too great when your dealing with the brain. I'd rather put up with the odd flare up, and otherwise have a normal life. For instance, you can still shoot par at St B, so life's not that bad.

For instance, I have "floaters" in one eye, and they float around like small little black cob webs that distract your vision. Apparently there are some people that have this operated on, and they can get rid of these floaters, but I would not take the chance, as you only have 2 eyes, and I'd rather live with a small impairment in one eye, than possibly losing total sight in that one eye, from an operation gone wrong. My other eye is 100 % OK, so I live with it. With the eye that I have the "floaters", I can still see fine, but they just distract my vision a bit.

Probably a lot of people have things wrong with them that they live with , rather than risk surgery that can make it worse. If a surgery goes wrong, it could be irreversible, and a total nightmare.
 
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