Developments!
So mom has been running around like a mad woman with Nancy, taking her to this doctor and that to establish her baseline care, for one, and to see if there's something actually wrong with her that's causing her recent forgetfulness (i mean, it sprang up only in the past year, which isn't how aging issues present themselves). Yesterday mom took her to get an EEG after nothing turned up on a CT scan, and she came home from Walmart today to a message from the doctor saying to call immediately because they found something "horribly abnormal."
...I know, right? Doc needs a lesson in communication.
Anyway, mom calls, already practically crying. She's sure she's gonna have dementia or Alzheimer's or something! Turns out, instead, that while hooked up to the electrodes, she kept having frequent short-wave activity, whatever that means, but it equates to the fact that she was having random petit mal seizures several times a day. This explains why she would be puttering around fine, then suddenly forget what she was doing, where she was going, or something she had been taught/shown the day before, and also partially explains why she has trouble sleeping and why she's so sensitive in general. This in itself still sounds pretty bad (though of course it's nice to have a concrete reason), until you consider the fact that this is something that can be completely controlled, and easily, with medication.
She'll basically be back to her former self with no ill effects. I'm taking her to the doctor tomorrow to get the medicine itself and just have a more extensive explanation to Nancy directly (rather than through mom), but it's nice to know this will all turn out fine, knock on wood.
...I know, right? Doc needs a lesson in communication.
Anyway, mom calls, already practically crying. She's sure she's gonna have dementia or Alzheimer's or something! Turns out, instead, that while hooked up to the electrodes, she kept having frequent short-wave activity, whatever that means, but it equates to the fact that she was having random petit mal seizures several times a day. This explains why she would be puttering around fine, then suddenly forget what she was doing, where she was going, or something she had been taught/shown the day before, and also partially explains why she has trouble sleeping and why she's so sensitive in general. This in itself still sounds pretty bad (though of course it's nice to have a concrete reason), until you consider the fact that this is something that can be completely controlled, and easily, with medication.
She'll basically be back to her former self with no ill effects. I'm taking her to the doctor tomorrow to get the medicine itself and just have a more extensive explanation to Nancy directly (rather than through mom), but it's nice to know this will all turn out fine, knock on wood.