Photo Account of Danny’s Episode with Abnormal
Movements
On June the 5th 1999 after we went for
a take out of Chinese food to celebrate his Birthday, Danny went into a
strange dance that we couldn’t get him to stop. He was running around the
house looking at us with terror and pain in his eyes.
Movements that have to be done very fast several times
over and over overtook him.
I took pictures when the hours passed and he was not
able to stop. All together were 18 pictures and they are in sequential
order:
First and second photo
Danny is shown “stuck” to the lights in the washroom.
Grimacing in pain.
Third and fourth
Grunting in pain Danny has to lift his arms high
up backwards.
Fifth
Fear showing in his eyes Danny is shown with wet
pants and his hands at the zipper and scratching his abdomen/chest. He
said “itchy” several times during the ordeal.
Sixth
Danny tries to calm himself by rubbing his hands
(stimming).
Seventh, Eighth and Ninth
Danny runs/gallops around the house ending in the
same spot where he has to bend and touch with his open hands pressing the
floor in a pulsating fashion.
Tenth and Eleventh
Danny twirls non-stop on the couch grunting in pain.
Twelfth
Looks like is over. Danny pinches his face.
He has a thoughtful look in his eyes.
Thirteenth photo
Relaxing we are glad is over.
Fourteenth photo
Suddenly Danny lets out a grunt and he is in the
“pretzel” position.
Fifteenth photo
After running around jumps in the couch and holding
that “C” posture press in a pulsating motion his head against the back
of the couch, eyes closed, screaming in pain.
Sixteenth and seventeenth photo
Danny tries to calm himself by stimming, rubbing
his hands. You can see how tense are the muscles in his neck. We could
see his heart beating fast in his neck, still is back to press his head
against the back of the couch.
Eighteenth and last photo
Goes to the steps and positions his toes right by
the edge of the step lifting up one his legs as high back as possible (like
a dancer) causing him to grunt in pain.
Finally we were able to get Danny to bed and he
fell asleep around 1:00a. We thought it was all over for good. However,
next morning the moment he opened his eyes gets his arms from under the
cover, they started moving in a wiggle fashion and from then on everything
came back, by 5 pm all those movements faded away. Why were these episode so
severe?
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