I would be very interested to see the medical documentation of this episode. I'm having a hard time buying it. I think Casey was trying on a new thing to see how it might be useful to her. I don't think Caylee's death was accidental--I think she was plotting out various tactics well in advance, and was seeing what worked on whom.
Also of interest to me would be the topic of discussion with Jesse just prior to the "seizure," as well as what was expected of her later that day. (Was she trying to get out of something? Was she trying to divert attention from a topic that was uncomfortable? Or was she just doing it because, well---she could, and like a good little sociopath was all about doing whatever she could get away with?)
I'm a former neuro RN---and I'm not buying the seizure story---thankfully, an ER trip was made, and there will be documentation.
If drug withdrawal is the theory, it'd be interesting to know who visited her later in the day (to replenish her stash). Because one trip to the ER would not be sufficient to stave off withdrawal of short-acting benzodiazepines for very long.
Wow, you totally read my mind.
I brought this post of mine over from the Interviews thread since it was off topic and your post is spot on to exactly what I was thinking and feeling happened.
My opinion on the whole seizure incident is that is was a giant FAKE, just like all of the other stunts she pulled to get attention. That is why the hospital didn't find ANY medical reason for a Gran Mal seizure to have occurred in a otherwise healthy young lady.
If I had to hazard a guess as to why Casey faked a seizure for Jesse, I would assume that Casey in all of her infinite wisdom thought that if she had a sudden life threatening medical event it would bring her and Jesse closer together. Or Jesse was unhappy with something he had found out about Casey, and the only way to wiggle out of it was to fake a convulsion. Either way, the whole scenario is right up Casey's creepy alley.
For the record, seizures aren't hard to fake. Sadly I had a "friend" years ago who pretended to have Cancer so she could con our group out of money for medical bills. She dropped down on the floor one night and flopped around like a fish on a sharp hook and scared the carp out of all us. Of course we rushed her to the hospital, and lo and behold the truth came out. She was healthy as could be, and the seizure was faked for our benefit. If we hadn't heard all of this from her parents we never would have believed it because she was so convincing. Not to mention the fact that it never occurred to us that ANYONE would fake a convulsion to get attention.
Boy were we wrong!!
So knowing what we all already know about Miss Casey, I personally think this was what happened last year. And if this is accurate, it demonstrates just how far Casey is capable of going to manipulate those around her.
Pretty chilling..
I agree the conversation with Jesse beforehand probably was leading somewhere Casey didn't want to go. Maybe he was about to bust her in one of her many lies, she panics and decides that faking a serious and frightening medical event was the only way out of trouble with him.
My brother has diffuse brain damage from an accident at birth. As a result, he has dozens of seizures a day, some
Petit Mal, some
Gran Mal and sadly he also has
Status Epileptic episodes, which are seizures that continue unabated for a period lasting longer than 30 minutes. I have been witness to
HUNDREDS of his EEG's and have not seen or heard of seizure activity being present in the brain and
NOT show up on the EEG scan. Please correct me if I am wrong. I am not saying people cannot have a seizure without a clear reason, I am saying seizures typically leave evidence behind in the brain that reveals their presence. An MRS or a PET Scan would also have revealed seizure activity had it been present.
It's also been my experience that Hospitals take seizures very seriously. If they had truly believed Casey had suffered an actual Gran Mal seizure I would assume that she would have undergone rigorous and continuous testing to find the cause and to rule out the possibility of future convulsions. Back home in Texas, Doctors are required to report seizures in adults of driving age to the DMV as well, not sure what Florida's laws are though. I'm sure this issue has already been touched upon anyway by many of you fine folks.
But we
all know that Casey is capable of putting on award winning performances when necessary. I also believe that if she had truly had a seizure she would have milked it for all she could with her parents. She would have tried to ride that wave of guilt all the way to Maui. But she didn't want them poking around deep enough to find out it was actually a total lie like everything else in her life. Her fiance was much easier to fool and frighten into submission at that point in their relationship. Thankfully, the spell wore off and he finally saw her for being the
Three-Headed Hydra she really is inside.
I think Casey has been putting on these fake performances for many, many years. Caylee's murder was just the culmination of many successful scams and shamefully dishonest performances. She had gotten away with
EVERYTHING she had ever done wrong. She felt herself to be bulletproof and twenty feet tall. Everything and everyone in her life had shown her that she
could kill Caylee and make up one of her usual dramatic tales and everyone would believe her, no questions asked.
I guarantee you she is still sitting in that jail cell totally convinced that she is going to walk away from this whole matter completely unscathed.
Let's all hope she is
oh so very wrong, and that for once in her narcissistic, petulant little life she
WILL be finally held accountable for her actions and choices.