[NP-Clinical] This is my update. . . .

[Diana Galler]

Linda--
  WOW, this update really sucks!! Good news is that coilings are now a frequent procedure in Neuro Centers and are safe and minimally invasive with little pain or side effects involved afterwards. Patients generally go home the next day after being monitored in ICU overnight if there was no bleed or rupture prior to the procedure. They had to stay longer if they were a bleed  in order to monitor for vasospasms, but that was due to the blood in the brain and not the procedure itself.
   
  Certainly a scary thought that someone is going to stick something in your brain but it's certainly better than NOT having the procedure done-- and better than a craniotomy (they won't even shave your head for this-- no one will ever know <G>)!
   
  I worked inpatient Neurosurgery for the past three years with a fantastic Neuro Interventional Radiologist who was absolutely super and made every procedure look ridiculously easy.
   
  Good luck with your procedure... I'll light a candle and send up a prayer for you. Let us know how it turns out. The fact that you were able to escape your room and find a computer to write to us indicates that you're in pretty good neuro shape!!  LOL
  Dena Galler

Linda Marie Block <lindamarie76 at msn.com> wrote:
  Writing to you from Boca Raton Community Hospital.

As you might remember I was diagnosed with pneumonia last week. My fevers 
hovered at 103 for three days before they started to decrease. My mental 
status became increasingly altered, staring periods, double vision, 
hallucinations, etc.

My supervising doc met us at the hospital Sunday evening, admitted me, and 
placed me in isolation.

The pneumonia is resolving so isolation was stopped. MRI found a 1.5 cm 
acute hemorrhagic venous angioma in the left frontal lobe with a large 
feeder vein. AVM has been ruled out with MRA. I am now in the neuro unit 
(haha - I escaped to the library) receiving neuro checks q 4 h and resp tx q 
6 h. I am on seizure precautions. One pupil is growing larger than the 
other. The dizziness is getting worse and I find myself walking on a slant. 
There's talk of starting me on Keprra (anti-seizure med), and transferring 
me to a neuro hospital for embolization/coil.

I have no memory of last week. I have short term memory deficit and appear 
to be in a fog frequently. My husband visited me yesterday and started 
crying b/c he doesn't know what to do.

So. . . . .any well wishes/prayers/thoughts/karma. . . .would be 
appreciated.
Please don't blow that last sentence out of proportion. I miss my home, my 
dogs, my life, my memory and just want to get better.

Warmest regards,

Linda


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