m0mmaBuck Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 My 51 yo brother woke up yesterday a little out of sorts so my SIL went to Church without him. When she got home, he didn't recognize her so she called 911. The small hospital in their town transferred him to a larger hospital with an ICU because they have no idea what is wrong with him but he is not lucid. His CAT scan is clear. His spinal tap was clear. They think he may have some type of infection and they have a neurologist and an infectious disease doc working with him. He is in and out but did respond to the doctor today by shaking his head "no" in answer to some questions before slipping out again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 How scary! Praying here. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariannNOVA Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Praying.:grouphug: Scary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m0mmaBuck Posted October 25, 2010 Author Share Posted October 25, 2010 I just talked with him on Thursday and he sounded fine. He had been at our family farm fixing fences and doing some of the winterization on the house. I just don't get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 :grouphug: and prayers, sweetie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer in MI Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Scary! I'll pray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionfamily1999 Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 I'm praying for him and his doctors. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamonaQ Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 prayers for answers and healing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Praying! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutor Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 How scary! We'll be praying for him, his family, and his doctors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m0mmaBuck Posted October 25, 2010 Author Share Posted October 25, 2010 I just got off the phone with a different brother. Apparently, around 4 p.m. today Jim (brother in the hospital) woke up, sat up in bed, and started talking like nothing ever happened. He can't remember anything from the last day and a half but he recognizes everyone and seems as sharp as ever. He is a little weak on his right side and he is very sore (probably from the seizures he had, being poked and prodded, and so on). They still don't know what happened. He is having an MRI this afternoon. Basically, everyone is perplexed at this time but it seems he is doing much, much better. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehog Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Praying here for sure.. that sounds really scary. I hope the drs do some more checks to see if they can find out what it was.. maybe a minor stroke or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn. Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Glad he is doing better. I was just going to post that something similar happened to a friend's brother recently. I think he had encephalitis. He is still recovering though, so it's probably not the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m0mmaBuck Posted October 25, 2010 Author Share Posted October 25, 2010 They checked for meningitis and encephalitis via spinal tap... negative. The CT scan showed no signs of a stroke. The blood and urine screens were negative as well. I'm glad he seems better but I really hope they find an answer. Did I mention that his oldest daughter is getting married a week from Saturday??? Do you think stress (even though he would never admit to being stressed) would be at play? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amy g. Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Something similar happened to my dad about 10 years ago. He could not even remember how to open car doors. It lasted about 3 days. It ended up being related to blood sugar issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m0mmaBuck Posted October 25, 2010 Author Share Posted October 25, 2010 Something similar happened to my dad about 10 years ago. He could not even remember how to open car doors. It lasted about 3 days. It ended up being related to blood sugar issues. I questioned the blood sugar thing too when my brother (not the one in the hospital... a different brother) called last night but he said the docs said no. We don't have anyone with diabetes in the family but there's always a first for everything, kwim? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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