Nov 6, Amnesia - bit of a scare.

Lindsey loved the comments back to her from her post. She will do that again sometime, but tonight she is tired and ready for bed.

Bit of a scare today.  She is doing great right now, let me repeat, she is doing great right now.  But during PT around 2:45 today she was taking a bathroom break. Halfway down the hall she had a bit of an amnesia spell. For a few seconds she couldn't remember where she was, what she was doing, or where her parents were. She did NOT pass out, or get weak.  She felt and continues to feel fine.

Denise, her nurse, brought her back to her room and they did a full check up on her and have found NOTHING wrong. Blood pressure fine, (90s over 50s) no clots in the VAD, blood chemistry okay, INR (blood thinning) okay. The doctors did a neurological exam, to see if her mental and motor skills were compromised and she seems okay. So for now, they have ruled out the big items, ie. blood clot to the brain, (stroke) and brain bleed.  They are leaning to possible low blood sugar, since she still doesn't eat anything (except the nightly feeds) and is quite active. She is asleep now and they are watching her stats and VAD closely.  They are going to follow up tomorrow with a few blood tests. Amazing how one 'little' thing can get you on edge.  Tomorrow we are going to encourage more juices and food. Just see how it goes.

We did go on a shorter walk tonight. We needed to get her out of this room. She still gets down if she feels good and doesn't get out of this room.

Her Berlin pump did get switched out this morning for a good one.  The wheel needed repair.  I told them all we need is some wrenchs and a small hydraulic jack, but since it is a life support system, they seem to think it needs to be fixed by a skilled professional. Go figure.

This weekend we have Jeff and Jenny Yeck coming for a visit. We are going to do something crazy and actually GO and do something with our friends. Like go to San Francisco, or Half Moon Bay, or Santa Cruz, or Alcatraz Island for the DAY.  We have never done that, but there are really good people here willing to help us pull this off.

Also next week I am going to make a trip home with Gage.  We will go home for 4 days and fly back on Friday, November 16.  Gage is excited about that!  We are looking for someone to stay here with Stacy and help with the kids while Stacy sleeps here with Lindsey. It would be the nights of Tuesday, November 13 through Thursday, November 15.  If anyone is interested, please drop us a line.

Tonight I made an attempt to explain politics and the election to the kids..... that hard to do!

Sandra, one of the physical therapists, made Lindsey her own ID badge with the little zipper clip. So this is her showing it off with Grace, her night nurse, and Denise her day nurse.  They were also showing off here matching 'stylish' glasses.

 And of course Gage getting in on the photo.