When we went to the eye doctor's on Friday, they said we were brave to come in on Friday, the 13th. Just a few minutes before, someone had arrived thinking their appointment was at 11:00 but it had been at 10:30 so he had to reschedule and leave. The tech said that is the type of stuff that happen on Friday the 13th. Luckily, we were at the right time for their appointments and things went fine for them. Both of them needed new glasses which should be arriving in a couple of weeks.....
Meanwhile, I got a message from my brother who got the message from my niece, Lora---my brother Todd was in the hospital for a suspected stroke. Actually he had been struggling off and on for a few months and made a couple of other trips to the ER. He finally had a MRI last Wednesday and the results suggested he had had a stroke in the past few months and was at risk for another one, so they sent him to the hospital on Friday. He ended up spending the night and having lots of other tests done. They determined that he had two strokes sometime in the past few months in the lower back part of the brain near the brain stem. He is now on blood thinners, will have some therapies, and was told to "play games with his family" to improve his memory functions. One of Gibersons' favorite things to do is now a therapy! (I sent him a memory game to play with his grandchildren to make him laugh. It should arrive today.)
Then Friday evening, I got a text from Tosha...Ava was at the hospital as well in the Children's Hospital in Tacoma. She had had a seizure which she had never had before. She had not eaten her lunch and complained a bit about her stomach hurting, but was still playing and acting fine. Tosha headed off to set up for a wedding about 2 hours away, while Austen manned things at home. Ava took a nap and when she woke up Austen asked if she wanted pizza. She said yes, so he walked the few steps to their kitchen bar and came back to find her in the middle of a seizure. Fortunately, the boys were playing outside and Austen was able to get a neighbor to take them as the ambulance was on its way. Tosha had to make the drive down from the wedding location to the hospital which took over 2 hours--not fun. They tested lots of things and decided that she had a virus which led to a febrile seizure (caused by a fever, not by a specific illness). Thank heavens for Facetime so I could talk to both Tosha and Austen and see them and sweet Ava mostly she was sleeping. She also came home on Saturday and is doing much better now. They are going to follow up with some more tests including an EEG just to be sure things are okay. Scary night to be a parent for sure.
And the Friday the 13th streak continues with Ezri at the ER at Primary's. She has been complaining of headaches off and on for several months and she actually was seen by the neurologist a few weeks ago who ordered a MRI for her this coming Wednesday. She has struggled with headaches all weekend, but this morning she was just crying all the time and medications didn't seem to make a difference. The on call nurse suggested they go to the ER at Primary's which is where they are at now. So far their take is that the MRI on Wednesday will probably be the best source of information and that they need to just watch her and keep giving Motrin and Tylenol....still waiting for the doctor to get back with them. I was able to Facetime with Jessica and Erzi for a few minutes and she talked a bit but definitely not her usual smilling self. It is looking like she may end up with a dx of Chiari like her sisters. Stayed tuned.......
These physical bodies are fun until they aren't!!!!
PS In my experience Friday the 13th are regular days--the "myth" just fit for the day we had last Friday. So don't worry, grrandkids, Grandma does not think Friday the 13th are bad luck.
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