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Posted by crash davis (aka crash davis) May 20 '10, 23:30

We went to the neurologist who we had a follow up visit on the EEG she had four weeks ago. The CAT scan was negative but he now wanted an MRI. He also wanted an ultrasound on her swollen leg for a clot. So we ended up in the ER. The ultrasound was negative and so we were told we could leave as soon as the MRI results were in.

They found a small spot on the MRI. They claim as Darcy reported that it was a sign of a stroke within the past few days. I don't think it was within the past few days. She complained of an intense headache a few days back, but the docs say this wouldn't have caused a headache and the part on her head where she says the headache came from was the opposite hemisphere than were the spot was found.

I think the intense headache corresponded to when our maple tree dumped a huge pollen load. I have headaches too, we're both allergic to it. I think the stroke corresponded to when she was having her blood chemistry problems a few weeks back, as she woke up numb on half her body one day.

She does have an infection that has flared up over the past few days, but as far as neurological stuff goes, she is light years better than she was four weeks ago.

They are keeping her overnight to run some tests to see if they can find what caused it. The doctor assured me that there would be no surgery involved in anything, its just whether they are looking at a clogged artery or she needs some new drugs or what not.

We both got a little cranky at the hospital, I hadn't had any food yet and we were passed from doctor to doctor. Each group took the same medical history the previous one took. After the fifth medical history, I loudly said to Trish it would be neat if they wrote this information down. They could look at the information, perhaps they could call it a chart. I found out that when I'm really low on food that I channel Greg House.

But this is a new hospital to Trish and I. Its the other large hostpital in Boise, so while we have had extensive experience with two other hospitals, we don't know this one and they don't know us. So I guess repeated entering of the medical history was called for.

I did find out why all the nurses in the other two hospitals are so damn ugly. This new to us hospital has hired every hot woman in medical care in southwestern Idaho. The receptionist at the emergency room where the neurosurgeon sent us looked like Tanith Belbin. The triage nurse was a Sarah Palin look alike. And so on, and so on...

Responses:

Well-wishes from here. Try to stay positive and hang in there. -- nm - Jammed Uzi May 21, 06:41
Hoping Trish recovers to full Trish-power expediently. -- nm - TFox May 21, 06:29
Best of thoughts to a 100% speedy recoverey. Hugs to you and Darcy too. -- nm - lileve May 21, 06:22
Best wishes to you all. -- nm - kelly May 21, 06:17
best thoughts for Trish. -- nm - decline May 21, 06:17
i hope the male doctors and nurses are just as hot for Trish's sake. *good thoughts to you all* -- nm - Andie May 21, 06:09
Sorry to hear this. Praying for wisdom to the docs to figure things and fast recovery -- nm - SyrDragon May 21, 06:04
best thoughts for all of you. - znufrii May 21, 05:57
Ack! Good thoughts coming your guys' way!!! -- nm - JaxSean May 21, 05:54
Sending good thoughts to all of you. Trish come back to us soon. -- nm - Walt_Disney May 21, 05:15
keep using the new hospital, hot women make you feel better - Danedukenuuk May 21, 04:53
best wishes and prayers. -- nm - Beaker May 21, 04:27
Ugh, best wishes. And death to the maple tree! -- nm - Roger More May 21, 04:20
wow. best wishes for you guys -- nm - prayformojo May 21, 03:28
crash, I hope you all get this monkey off your backs soon and return to a normal life. -- nm - CrankYanker May 21, 01:09
Good thoughts to all of you -- nm - Karl May 21, 00:49
yikes. I hope things improve dramatically in the near future. This has been really hard on all of you, I'm sure :( -- nm - Beryllium May 21, 00:43
My best to you and Trish that she gets well -- nm - eag May 21, 00:12
give Trish all my best. -- nm - peglegpete May 20, 23:58
Lots of love to all of you. (The repeated history thing used to drive me crazy when Zoe was in the hospital) - ralph wiggum May 20, 23:54 13
- to the IM: that and to look for inconsistencies. -- nm - mafic May 21, 02:47
- I look forward to the day when we can carry charts with us on USB drives or better yet, bracelets with microchips. -- nm - crash davis May 21, 00:04 7
  - a lawyer i worked with at my last firm had this. a mini disc and USB drive that he constantly updated with his medical info - pixie krakow May 21, 00:08 3
    - The first guy entered it into a computer terminal right there at the ER. I wanted to scream, "look at the computer" during subsequent histories. - crash davis May 21, 00:16 2
      - please don't watch tonight's Grey's Anatomy until after she gets home. -- nm - peglegpete May 21, 00:39 1
        
        uh, too late. -- nm - the darcy May 21, 00:40
  - I want Dr. McCoy -- nm - peglegpete May 21, 00:05 2
    - He's dead, Jim. - Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy May 21, 00:15 1
      - no, he isn't alive yet :) -- nm - peglegpete May 21, 00:35
- how is the zo monster? - pixie krakow May 20, 23:56 3
  - She's had about 3 seizures so far this year, which is pretty good. nm - ralph wiggum May 20, 23:59 2
    - continued best wishes to her -- nm - crash davis May 21, 00:17
    - *crosses fingers* -- nm - pixie krakow May 21, 00:01
Hang in there guys -- nm - Stephen May 20, 23:52
I can't believe you typed all that and didn't provide a link to a picture of Tanith Belbin. - H-Mogul May 20, 23:39
hang in there, family davis - pixie krakow May 20, 23:32 3
- she should help you with some spec scripts when she gets back -- nm - crash davis May 20, 23:36 2
  - and thanks pixie, and everyone else for the kind thoughts -- nm - crash davis May 20, 23:37 1
    - if punching either spawn or remlik will cheer her up, i stand at the ready -- nm - pixie krakow May 20, 23:39

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