What happened?

10 days after my 44th birthday, on Friday September 25th, 2009, while sitting at the computer, a small dime patch of my chin went numb, followed by a small spot on my tongue. It came and went in about 30 seconds. I've had this many times, mostly in my face and tongue and never really thought anything of it, because it came and went so quickly. Later that day, just after lunch, the same thing happened, only it was a slightly larger spot on my chin and half of my tongue. It wasn't going away. When my husband came home around 1pm, I told him what was happening, laughing, poking my nose piercing saying I couldn't feel anything. The numbing climbed higher. Up my nose. Thicker tongue. I thought something wasn't quite right, remembering my father and his stroke a few years back having to do with numbness, I figured we better get checked. As we drove to the hospital, my fingers started to go numb, one at a time.
We got to the hospital, I sat down, husband parked the car. He came in. The first nurse was busy with two patients that were standing and she could not see me grasping my chest. I told husband to get the other nurse. We walked to the back. I suddenly lost all my speech and was sure I was having a stroke. All I could do was say dad, stroke, and cry.

She asked me to climb the gurney, my body jerked and I went into seizure.

That's the last I remember from early Friday evening until late Sunday night. I don't recall anything between those hours.

I woke up with massive bruising on my arms and legs from being controlled by wrapped and tied towels on the gurney.

This is where my very scary and unknown journey will begin.