Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/YFe2s7g4drk from www.goodnewsNetwork.org Kate, not her real name, has epilepsy.   Late once night, she began suffering seizures and went to the ER.  She stabilized and was discharged at 4 in the morning.  She called a Lyft to get home as she could not drive.   Here’s her first person account:  I called a Lyft to pick me up and hoped against hope that it would be someone kind, someone safe.  A small SUV pulled up in front of the hospital doors and I climbed in, expecting some awkward small talk. After all, it was 4:30AM and I was being picked up from a hospital by a complete stranger.  I buckled my seatbelt, and then the driver turned around; she was a woman in her mid-forties with the kindest eyes. “Are you okay, sweetheart?” she asked. “Oh, I’m fine. I just have epilepsy so I can’t drive.” I replied, expecting her to shrug it off and hit the road. Instead, she began to tell me about her daughter’s recent epilepsy diagnosis. She said she understood my struggle of being sick and unabl