Today is my 42nd Birthday and I wouldn't be here today if it weren't for my favorite brother Graham. Or at least that is how he tells the story. First, the backstory. I was at UT and was having LOTS of fun. Let's just say that I was rarely making it to bed before 2 or 3. I was waiting tables and after our shift we would go out and spend all that cash. I was still making it to class and holding down an acceptable GPA, but needless to say I was burning the candle at both ends. I woke up early one Saturday morning after a few short hours of sleep and headed to Bristol because the Sphar's were coming to visit and I hadn't seen Sarah in quite some time. When I got home Graham and I were hanging out in the family room downstairs when we heard my parents announce that the Sphar's had arrived. We headed up the stairs to meet them. This is where is goes fuzzy. Graham says I was in front of him and kind of "fell" backwards and he caught me. (I can' t help thinking if maybe he pushed????) Anyway, somehow I ended up hitting my head on the top stair. After I hit I started to walk across the kitchen but didn't make it because I fell to the floor and had a grand mal seizure. Yep- pissed myself and everything. All this right as the Sphar's come walking to the door. Welcome to the Little's, so good to see you, come on in and wait for the ambulance with us. I can only imagine what everyone was going through. I honestly only remember coming too, seeing sparkly lights and hearing voices. (I think those voices were telling me to get my s*** together and slow down). I know my parents must have been out of their minds, but they knew to keep things lighthearted so Graham and I wouldn't be scared. In true Little fashion we were all cracking jokes by the time the ambulance got there. I had all the tests to see what had happened. CAT Scan, MRI, EKG, and EEG. Everything came back negative. The sleep deprived EEG was no fun. I had to stay up all night. I was used to staying up all night, but at a party, not at the hospital. Thank you Sarah and Rachel for keeping me company all night. It was determined that I just fainted. No real reason, just exhausted. When I fainted I hit my head and got a concussion which caused the seizure. I do forgive you Graham for pushing me. I do thank you for saving my life Graham and letting me celebrate this birthday today.
I do have to say there was one good thing that came out of all this. When I went back to waiting tables with my black eye people felt really sorry for me and I made some killer tips. Here is a picture of my shiner. After we found out I was going to be ok we had some fun making up stories of how it happened.
I need this caption to read, fainted and hit her head, NOT dating an NFL player.
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