Hey, I've had a couple of stories on Ben and Brooke, but not so much for Bill (except his natural inclusion in the nickname blog).
Speaking of natural, the natural story might be one to talk about his brain power. Off the charts. But we'll save those -- and there are LOTS of brain stories -- for another day.
This story is when Bill got contact lenses. I think he was 16. He has had glasses since grade school (yes, sorry for passing those genes along, buddy). So I was fine with him getting contacts, no big deal. When the doc put them in, the doc left the room, "We'll just let those settle in and check back in a bit."
If you haven't had contacts, they are a like putting a little piece of gravel in your eye. Bill had a funny reaction, not complaining of pain, but laughing, from embarrassment I think because his eyes were making a lot of tears. This laughing got weird, short breaths, then he asked, "Why are my fingers going numb?" Heck if I knew. Why would your fingers go numb from contacts? I got a nurse.
"Oh, he's hyperventilating and he's about to pass out."
Maybe that's why one of my favorite phrases for people under stress is, "Just keep breathing. Deep breath in, deep breath out."
Legacy of Federal Control
3 years ago
I had an experience similar to Bill's. I don't remember now what caused it but....we were driving home on the Sunsst Hwy. My arms clenched up in front of me, my hands froze into claw like things, I couldn't breath, I couldn't relax my arms or hands.. I told Bill to stop and get me out of the car. I threw up. He called our DR. For some reason I was hyperventilating. Bill got a paper bag from the car and had me breath into it and relax. After about 20 minutes I returned to "normal" . Very wierd. Mom
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