Wietske Flor goes through every day wondering when the next seizure will hit.
Sometimes, the seizures happen multiple times a day. Sometimes, days will go by without one, leaving her on guard and waiting for the inevitable.
It means the 41-year-old Chilliwack mom can’t be left alone to care for her three kids, aged nine to 13. She can’t drive — even though before this illness, she used to fly airplanes, having completed her training as a commercial pilot before deciding to become a midwife.
“I am almost in a shell,” Wietske said from her Chilliwack home.
Simple tasks like cooking and gardening are often too overwhelming. The seizures leave her so tired she often misses her kids’ school events.
“It’s been utterly debilitating for us,” said her husband, Gabor Flor. “For most of the four years, she hasn’t been able to function properly.”