So glad she is doing better, thanks for including her in the video. Great video!
@Saml01
2 ай бұрын
Derek is absolutely right. There are things you can and cannot control. Getting stressed over things outside of your control is not a way to work and certainly not a way to live. I'm not saying don't stress or worry just don't let it turn into anxiety. Also, you, your wife and your son are a support system and they will take care of each other when you are not close and you will take care of them when you are. You got this. I hope Brook is well and never has to experience this again.
@aaronauclair
2 ай бұрын
OMG my friend I’m so sorry to hear about your daughter. Glad Erin was there for her, and she is ok now. I had a stroke in January of 2011, and it was one of the scariest experiences of my life and my parents. So I can totally understand and appreciate the emotions that must have been feeling in that moment on the phone. I’m so glad you made it home and you are all safe and together. You can’t control what her life will bring her, what you can do is make every single moment you have with her more valuable to you both. Always say I love you, always help. And be the best parent you can to her. Share in her life and that is all you can do. Sometimes you might need to ask for help, and this doesn’t show weakness it shows control and love and respect. We are all in this together. And it sounds like you have some very special people in your life willing to help you when you need it. Respect them for who they are and allow them to help you when you need it. Keep up the great work! Best channel on KZitem I’ve found.🎉 Thanks for the honesty and comedy. Takes a really awesome soul to live your life. And I for one am glad you are sharing it with us.
@AC-jk8wq
2 ай бұрын
Life is a whole lot easier…. When you have a great partner….. wife, husband, live-in, other…. So many jobs have you on the road for weeks at a time… It really helps when you have great kids! Go Brooke! 😃
@crazypetec-130fe7
2 ай бұрын
As for flying as a crew, I logged 2000 hours as a C-130 flight engineer, and IMO your mentor is giving you a great intro and overview of how that works. If he talks to you about Crew Resource Management, pay attention, cuz it works. CRM kept me out of a potentially dangerous situation in Iraq more than once.
@btsimac
2 ай бұрын
Hey Bryan and family. Glad to see your daughter is OK. Our now 31 year old son had his first seizure at age 14. He has had a few in the intervening years, but we think we know the triggers, and medicine does a very good job of controlling it. Just know that this is manageable and living a very normal life is completely possible. We "know the feeling" and stand by you and wish you all the very best.
@crazypetec-130fe7
2 ай бұрын
Bryan, I don't know what you and Eren believe and it's none of my business, but I believe in prayer and I want you to know that people are praying for Brooke.
@DouglasJenkins
2 ай бұрын
"Do the thing!" It's great that our brain takes care of us that way... 'I don't remember the seizure, just waking up on the floor...' Prayers that this is the last one!
@GaryMCurran
2 ай бұрын
BrYan. My heart goes out to Brooke. She described what sounds like a Grand Mal seizure, so I would guess that she's going to be diagnosed with some form of epilepsy. Back in the late 1980s, I was an electronics technician, and we were working on components for the Navy's 'Close In Weapons System' and we were building electronic 'filters' for the power system. We would 'high pot' these with 1,200 volts. Because of the design of the filter, they would retain the voltage for a while as it slowly drained away. They were supposed to be discharged by the testing technician before they left the bench, but for some reason, it didn't get discharged. I came back from doing whatever, and it was sitting on my chair. This was about 3' long, and 6" by 6" tall and wide. It had two terminals, one on either end. I grabbed both terminals, assuming it would be discharged. It wasn't, and I took 1,200 volts across my body. Hurt like hell! The result of that was that after that, I started having seizures, but it wasn't the Grand Mal that Brooke experienced. I had what they term 'Complex Partial Seizure Disorder.' They're also called 'Absence Seizures.' We could be having a conversation, and I could be sitting there, and I would have one of these seizures, and unless I told you (or was the one speaking), you'd never know I just had a seizure. But, I did. For a few years, I never knew what they were until I had one in the doctor's office and told him about it, at which point he sent me to a neurologist. Anyway, they did an EEG and determined I had this Complex Partial Seizure Disorder, and I ended up on Tegretol XR. I took that for about 8 years, and finally, my seizures went away, and that's the point. My seizures went away. The voltage I took most likely caused some sort of brain damage (my friends will tell you the seizures just went away, but the brain damage is still there! 🤣😆) but my brain healed itself. So, there is hope for Brooke. Find a good neuro and have them evaluate her, if she hasn't been already, and tell her that this can be beat, and she can be healed. In the meantime, I'll send a prayer or two up to God for her. Thank you for sharing this, I know for me the hardest thing was knowing I might lose my driver's license (and even though I've been seizure free for 20+ years, I'm not sure I could even get my medical back, either . . . but I can't afford to fly anyway, so not a big deal). I don't know what Brooke might be looking at in the future, but each day she wakes up, each breath she takes, she's alive.
@alanmcnamara9155
2 ай бұрын
Thanks for having her on, now I know who I am praying for.🙏 Kids are so inconsiderate, doesn't she know how important the hour-building is for you?😂
@bmkay
2 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing this personal story. You and your family are very inspiring. Best wishes to you, Brooke, the dogs, and the whole family.
@7XCap
2 ай бұрын
Great video, Bryan. Happy to hear your daughter is doing well! I’m a corporate pilot with 2 daughters, and another on the way. I can tell you that it never gets easier leaving them when I go on a long trip. But one great thing about this career is that I’m able to provide a good life for them. I do get to spend a lot of time with them at home, and when I’m off, I’m really off. I get to just focus on them, and that helps. If you’re looking for a career doing this, consider corporate as well. It’s hit and miss, but if you can land a good 91 gig, it’s worth it. Side note, we’ve got a Comanche 250 as well. You have great taste in airplanes, sir!
@EXROBOWIDOW
2 ай бұрын
Wow... you survived your child's seizure, AND you survived French Valley! (I'd never heard of French Valley until there were a couple of plane crashes.) It's great that you all are still alive.
@planedriverjoshsimmons9587
2 ай бұрын
Glad she is doing well. I’ve had dang near the same thing happen when I was at……French Valley airport. Got the call that my son was in the hospital, and I was 7 hours flying time from home. Luckily there were two of us flying, so the workload was manageable. Great video, and as always, I love how true to life they are.
@chaosensues1656
2 ай бұрын
At 65 I had a series of “partial complex focal seizures” aka “absence seizures.” They became progressively worse, from sort of just checking out for a few moments to falling on the floor pretty much unconscious. I have no memories of the actual events. Once diagnosed and the meds (generic name Keppra, $35 for three months) dialed in I’ve been seizure free. The biggest impact on my life is that I had been toying with looking for an Ercoupe that I could fly under Light Sport rules and now I can no longer self-certify since I have a known disqualifying medical condition. Sounds like your daughter’s condition is of a more serious nature, but there are many meds that can successfully keep the seizures at bay. Best of luck and God’s blessings to both of you and the rest of the family.
@garylovesbeer
2 ай бұрын
I remember Brooke in the swimming pool doing the video about the ditching? She has a better sense of humour than you! What a champ. What a team. Hope she never has another. Love your content which is only made better because of your emphatic love as a dad and a husband.
@mattf49006
2 ай бұрын
Family first Bryan...the rest can wait,....Brooke so glad to see you smiling
@stevenhorney7735
2 ай бұрын
Glad to hear your daughter doing okay. I have to consider these things as well, since my wife has convulsive episodes similar to seizures. I don’t like to be gone for too long, but sometimes I just have to trust in the Lord to take care of her when I have to be gone. Glad you had a fun flight otherwise! I've been planning to fly to CA someday.
@LightAndSportyGuy
2 ай бұрын
My oldest had a seizure when she was quite young. At one point, the ER doctors at the local hospital were trying to arrange an airlift to get her to Children's hospital in Detroit (Helicopter was not available, so Children's sent a team in an ambulance.) In the end, she was fine, the cause was not totally clear, but it was attributed to her running a high fever. And, it's never happened again. So, yea. Scary. But, things ended up working out ok. I pray that things go as well for you and Brooke.
@ErikJohnston
2 ай бұрын
Another great video brother!! Can’t wait to go to Oshkosh with you!!🤟🤟
@ianbarratt3989
2 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing this honest and personal video Bryan. Keep up the amazing work with the videos you make. I have first hand experience of a very similar situation as my wife suffers from epilepsy and had a multiple seizures in the UK while I was on duty in Singapore. I fly corporately and had just arrived to Singapore one evening back in 2017. My wife had flown to see her aging mother the same day and had arrived that morning. I’ll cut a long story short, but she ended up in hospital suffering from multiple serious seizures and I was stuck in a hotel room on the other side of the planet. The feelings of hopelessness, anguish and emotions cannot be described when something like this happens and you are not there for your loved one. I had to fly the next morning and like Derek describes I actually made the decision to do that based on multiple factors and with safety in mind. The fact I was going in the right direction to get closer to the UK and it actually took my mind off what was happening and aided me in getting to be with my wife quicker (my children had already made it to be with her). I arrived to the hospital in UK 36hrs after it had all happened. The good news is she made a full recovery and is fine now. The epilepsy community is worldwide, advancements in treatment are being made and heightened awareness about the condition is such a good thing for all those that suffer and caregivers (because it can be just as hard sometimes). I really salute you for making this video and wish you, your daughter and family the very best.
@micbritt
2 ай бұрын
Parents worst nightmare. I've had a few family incidents occur while traveling for work, usually when overseas. I agree it's the most helpless feeling. Grateful she is ok now. Thanks for sharing!
@jeffreyconner6087
2 ай бұрын
Video dropped 11 seconds ago. But i love it. Start to finish.
@JustPlaneSilly
2 ай бұрын
First!
@jeffreyconner6087
2 ай бұрын
@JustPlaneSilly Not sure if it's interrupted by a medical seizure, or a legality seizure. Just gunna have to watch!!! Lol
@jeffreyconner6087
2 ай бұрын
@JustPlaneSilly dang Bryan. Just got to finish the video. Glad she's doing better and will continue to pray for no seizures! Medical or legal 😜
@lostlocalhost
2 ай бұрын
God bless man. I'm happy she's doing good.
@jchowelljr
2 ай бұрын
Nothing more scary than our children in distress and we can't be there to help. The unfortunate thing is life happens to us and them at the moment that is least expected. Stay the course .....
@InducedBank
2 ай бұрын
My oldest lad has epilepsy so I really understand the feeling of helplessness - both for you as a father, and for your daughter experiencing a fit - but as others have said, worry about what you CAN control, and not about what you have ZERO control over. Sounds hard, but easier when you see that taking control, doing the things that we have control over, really helps to feel that we are not in fact utterly unable to do anything!
@Twizlair
2 ай бұрын
One person can fly almost any plane alone. Having 1.5 pilots and understanding one is distracted is sometimes the pest option. Remember the 3 PPP's. IMSAFE is not always the whole answer. So glad you and your daughter are good. Take Care
@NathanBallardSaferFlying
2 ай бұрын
So very glad she is ok!
@ecossearthur
2 ай бұрын
Great information and video as always...
@prussiaaero1802
2 ай бұрын
I’m sure they train seizure detecting dogs these days, that might be something to look in to.
@psuter80
2 ай бұрын
That's a downside of the airline pilot lifestyle i haven't seen mentioned in most of the pros and cons discussions out there.. as a father of two i can imagine what a horrible and lost feeling it must have been for you when you got the news and.. glad she has fully recovered and doing fine. I whish her all the best and no more seizures of course!
@prussiaaero1802
2 ай бұрын
So did Brooke ever get to marry her cousin? Damn that was funny. And good work having that conversation with Derek. You cannot live your life and provide for your family worrying about what-ifs. Brooke would want you to follow your dream, as she will with hers.
@mikesatchell8317
2 ай бұрын
I'd just gotten to OSH last year (first time in my homebuilt) and got a call my dad wasn't doing well that evening. We left OSH the next morning and then I got a text in flight that he was gone. I was fortunate to have a pilot friend in the right seat take the controls for most of the flight home back to TX. Such an emotional roller coaster. Not a good time to be PIC.
@JustPlaneSilly
2 ай бұрын
Oh My God! I cannot even imagine. I am terribly sorry to hear that.
@DKSpencerNon-FirearmBallistics
2 ай бұрын
Scary stuff
@CCitis
2 ай бұрын
One of the reasons I didn't go pro.... too much time away from the fam.
@tombrotherman7838
2 ай бұрын
Stopping 32 seconds in to write this. My oldest kiddo started having seizures when she was about 16. You wouldn't notice if you weren't watching. She couldn't talk for about 2 minutes afterwards, and the she would either be fine or she was done for the day. Expensive meds got ot squared away. That is until someone decided to change them in her late 20's. Then one day at my house she has two grand mal seizures. I felt T totally helpless. Got the meds squared away again and she's fine now. Well except that she tries to cheat at Bingo. But that's the blind and austistic part. Can't get that squared away. But we do have fun playing Bingo with her friends.
@tombrotherman7838
2 ай бұрын
And now that I've watched the whole thing and I'm crying my eyes out you owe me this. You get that kiddo of yours, give her a big hug, and take out to eat for whatever she wants. I wasn't surprised about the 20 hours sleeping part, but I never ask my kiddo what it was like to have a seizure because she wouldn't be able to explain it. I'm not a pilot. I watch your videos because they are fun and educational. But those few minutes with your daughter were gold to me. Thank you both!
@tombrotherman7838
2 ай бұрын
And another thing - Derek gave you awesome advice. You have to keep on going because you have bills to pay. And that's what she'd want you to do anyway. And this may be a one and one, or easily controlled with meds. If you haven't already get her to a neurologist (betting you have). It sucks but y'all will get through this.
@N1RKW
2 ай бұрын
I see she's still stealing the show. :) Brooke's seizures sound like they affect her a lot like mine do. I sure hope that an effective treatment can be found for her, because seizures really suck.
@tomdchi12
2 ай бұрын
Bryan, how much of your initial reaction was “news like this from home would make it hard to fly” versus “I don’t think I want to be far away from family regularly”? I heard it as the latter, which is a different problem than what you talked about on that phone call. Lots of families around the world do deal with someone working far away, but obviously it’s not easy. Great to year you kid is doing OK! All the more impressive that a kid that cool (amazing shirt! Blåhaj!) is still willing to be seen on the internet with dorky ol dad!
@JustPlaneSilly
2 ай бұрын
TRUE
@JustPlaneSilly
2 ай бұрын
And it is a hard question to answer (your first line). My family is my life. More important than anything in the world. I want to fly for a living so bad I can taste it but It is going to be hard being out there alone knowing I am not going to see them as much. The offset is when I am home, I am 100% home. As an IT guy, I was home but the phone, the computer, etc always connected and waiting for interruptions that may or may not come. Even if they didn't come, It was hanging over m head. I think there will be relief in knowing when I am off, I am fully engaged in being off. but when I am gone, I'm gone. I feel like I have to make a run at aviation and part of that is figuring out how to make it work with the family too. 1000s of others have figured out how to make it work. I am going to try. So to answer you it is mostly the latter but where as before, I had work hanging over my head on days off, now I am going to ne 500 miles away and have the "I hope the family is okay" hanging over my head. At the end of the day, If I don't at least try to make flying my career, I will be disappointed. So this is my attempt.
@rl6222
2 ай бұрын
Glad she is doing well. I don’t want to play doctor, but you may want to look into a low-ish carb diet that promotes ketones (brain really likes them). Diet is a deep rabbit hole, but the Charlie Foundation would be a good start, and/or “Low Carb Down Under” You-Tube lectures, etc. God Bless!
@charleseinarson
2 ай бұрын
Love the Seahawks shirt… I’ve been a fan since the days of Jim Zorn and Steve Largent and grew up watching them back in the King Dome.
@bootsbrigade73r
2 ай бұрын
Kim was born in Seattle, raised in Washington State..a lifelong Seattle "12."
@JustPlaneSilly
2 ай бұрын
@@bootsbrigade73r DEREK!!!!! Welcome to the Jungle! I mean the youtube comments section!
@irishcurse65
2 ай бұрын
So glad she is ok. So scary. I have 3 daughters and know the feeling. 2 years in a row I went away for work for 5 months. The first day I left 2 years in a row my daughters got hurt. The first split her head open running around. She was 5 then. The next year the first day my middle daughter broke her elbow.(she was 3). BTW what was your dog doing behind you while talking to Derek? Chasing shadows?
@benderaviation
2 ай бұрын
You were in Chula Vista? come get your tailwheel endorsement from me next time you're down here. I'm at Brown Field
@hawkdsl
2 ай бұрын
Ask an over the road trucker, who can be out for months at a time.
@paratyshow
2 ай бұрын
👍✅ ❤❤❤❤👏
@mikeryan6277
2 ай бұрын
Bryan, you are looking at this like a man. You think you have to be there for everything ( not possible ) the way I think you should start looking at it is you married your wife because ( among other reasons) of trust you have in her. Think of all the men and women deployed in the military that can’t get home in a few hours. Worry you will but rest easy knowing someone has your back.
@lynnkramer1211
2 ай бұрын
How do you do anything? How do you ever leave your house? How do you cope with your wife going to her job? You need to take a psychologist with you everywhere you go? There are many ways to cope and your daughter will be managing her seizures on her own. Besides, there is nothing you can do for a seizure anyway. This was just plain silly, just as your channel is called.
@JustPlaneSilly
2 ай бұрын
I am not trying to be dramatic. I am just debriefing my thoughts. I was so scared when I got that call, while I was on a mission to completely change my availability to my family that the first feeling I had was "This is selfish" I know the reality is anything can happen at any time but there is a little guilt associated with being unemployed and flying my ass off to all these great places to get the last few hours knocked out. And even though I am busting my ass toward a potential new career, I am having fun doing and in the midst of it I get the call that something bad has happened to someone I love and I am out "having fun" I could have just gotten another programming job and driven 20 min to be with my daughter. I get I can't control much but this is the first time I have felt this helpless and quickly asked "Why Am I feeling helpless?" Its because I chose to do something that isn't really required its just something I want. Hard to put into a comment but I get what you are saying. this was just a dose of reality that I hadn't anticipated would be a part of this journey.
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