Day 77 - Wednesday February 29, 2012

I am not panicking about what is causing Bridgett to faint--I just want to find out what is wrong and treat it.  Most of the scenarios of what could be wrong are not serious if treated.  I am more worried about something being serious, not diagnosed and left untreated.  I think most of us agree--the unknown is what is scary.  However, at this point it seems that we should be able to get to the root of the problem.  If Dr. Hafen does not find anything I will talk to Dr. Speed (rehab doctor) about the patch behind the ear thing, or any other suggestion that he has.  Today we had a fairly good day.  Bridgett did rest up a lot and she seems a little stronger. I think this whole thing has just wiped her out for a few days. We started off the morning with a bang when she got out of bed and went to Stephany's bed and tried to move the covers and get in.  Bridgett's bedding is on Stephany's bed right now and she recognized it and knew it was her bed.  Also, that bed is adjusted to the highest height (so you can store things under it) and Bridgett is used to having her bed high.  Naturally, we don't want her up that high, especially now while she is unsteady.  Stephany woke up and told Bridgett that it was her bed, etc.  I woke up and helped get Bridgett back in her bed, somewhat reluctantly.  She continues to hum and la-la around the house, which is a good sign to me.  We did some work with coins.  She could name what all of the coins were worth and find the right coins to make the correct change.  She couldn't always separate the coins correctly when we were sorting--vision related??  She played cards tonight--three/thirteens.  We only played the hand of three's and four's in order to get it cemented in her mind. In these hands you can get a set or run of three and she did well.  The other hands change all the time so we will wait until tomorrow to do those.  We also had her add up the points that we got stuck with and she did good on that too. I spoke to the doctors office and they said that all of her blood work came in normal.  They were going to do that test for the three month blood sugar--the A1c test.  I don't know if they did or not and I'm fairly sure that it wouldn't show low blood sugar, just an average.  I will have to ask more about this.  Anyway, they said that her blood sugar was 95, fine.  All of her electrolytes were appropriate.  I need to ask what specific tests they did--just for curiousity really.  However, I'm sure the doctors next week will want to know (we have appointments with the rehab doctor and neurosurgeon).  Dr. Hafen will be waiting for the CT results that will be done tomorrow.  They will hook her up to an IV and do a contrast test (with dye).  We have to be at the hospital at 10:00 a.m. for the procedure.