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So, yesterday was all of her deep scanning tests. In the morning, she had an EEG, then ultrasound on the carotid artery on the right and left side of her neck. Then she got a Doppler scan on her temples, eyes and the base of the skull. In the afternoon, I caught up with her to be with her when she got a 35 minute MRI where they scanned for ( Read more... )

Well, it's a mixed bag. On one hand the neurologist (who was a super nice guy, but a McCain supporter) doesn't think it's a stroke or epilepsy, so yay for no complications associated with that. He said it was the classic symptoms of an "aural migraine," which is like a shock to the brain (the same symptoms caused by epilepsy, but with different ( Read more... )

No news yet. I stayed home with her today, because she's tired and worn out all the time. She still has episodes of confusion, but they are pretty mild, like aftershocks. My view on it is that she's improving and almost back to normal, but there's no prediction if this is a one-time thing, or something that could happen again. This is extremely ( Read more... )

A few of you know, via the grapevine, that takayla went to the hospital last night. Before I start off on this, let me summarize by saying she's back, and sleeping now, but we're unsure about what's going to happen over the next few days. She's currently "fine" in the sense that her symptoms have gone away, but the next few days we'll hopefully have a ( Read more... )

I am staying home today because my asthma is still not better. I may ask for higher meds if this does not improve, like go on Advair or something. An annoying side effect of asthma, for those who have never had it, is belching. It's because you strain so hard to breathe over a long period of time, you swallow lots of air. I have been burping so ( Read more... )

I thought you'd like this, from a user "DiePilot" from the Ars Technica board, who is a medic with the military. He has these things called "fentanyl lollipops," which is a lollipop form of a painkiller drug with a potency approximately eighty times that of morphine.I get the mega 800mcg ones, tape them to the casualty's thumb, and then tell them ( Read more... )

I think I have been "well" since Tuesday morning, but my lungs are still trying to collect gunk. I have had this happen before I feel better from a "minor cold" and a few days later I got pneumonia. Of course, that's not a forgone conclusion by any means, it's just after a few times of this happening, you get scared every time. I keep taking an ( Read more... )

Apparently power loss freaks Widget out. He was on the bed, shivering. We didn't get power back until I think 3 or 4 the next morning, which was fine with me because it went out at 10pm, and I wanted to sleep anyway. Kudos to me for buying a new, atomic clock synchronizing clock radio last month. It came back up, set itself, and my alarms went ( Read more... )

Whatever cold I got kicked my ass. I was sick Monday, then got better, then was a little out of it Wednesday and by Thursday evening, I was really starting to slide downhill ( Read more... )