April 9th

Wow! I am sorry that I wrote so little about what happened yesterday but it was quite a day. First of all, let me comment on what a good weekend Jodi had. Saturday, she spent a peaceful day with her children and Robert. She was able to watch Conference and then Sunday after Conference, she and her family went to her brother Jed’s home for dinner. After dinner, for the first time since she had her stroke, Robert took her out to her home. It was both good and hard for her. Good to be in her home once more but hard because her life has changed so much and she feels that she has missed a lot. Yesterday, she began her day as usual with lots of therapy. She did some PT and then for OT she made her family a pizza for dinner and cleaned up. Later, she folded clothes before we went to get her eyebrows waxed. She was sitting, having them done, when she began to complain of extreme nausea and dizziness. A minute later, she slowly turned her head into her right shoulder and her right arm extended out in back of her with her fist rolled back and up towards her elbow. The seizure lasted about 30 seconds. I had the manager call 911 and by the time the paramedics arrived, she was doing fine. Her pupils were responding normally and was oriented and had good speech. I was quite sure that she had experienced a partial seizure but felt that it would be wise for her to go to the ER and be checked out. On the way there, the ambulance pulled off to the side of the road and the paramedics who were in a vehicle behind them pulled up and the two men got into the ambulance. Apparently, Jodi’s B.P. dropped and her O2 saturation did as well. Her eyes had rolled back into her head and I am guessing that she had another partial seizure at that time. By the time she reached the hospital, she was doing well again. At the hospital, they tried for an hour and a half to find a vein so that they could give her a contrast dye to do a CT to look at the stints that were placed at the base of her skull back when she had the stroke. They wanted to make sure that the stints were not narrowing. They were unable to find a decent vein and so she has an appointment at the Uof U to have that done. She spent the afternoon in the ER and then was sent home (after consulting with Drs at the U of U and her primary care physician here in Ogden.) She now takes an anti seizure medication. By the way, it is not uncommon for victims of stroke to have seizures. There is no such thing as a “normal recovery” with Jodi.
connie