Trans Ischemic Attack?????
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 12:30 am
About 5:30 I was sitting with my mother and she had what seemed to be a little hiccup and her eyes rolled back. I could not rouse her and dialed 911. Her pupils were completely dilated – and she was completely unresponsive. By the time I dialed 911 she roused and asked me who I was calling. I hung up and went through the standard questions - say a sentance - asking her to smile - lift up the left hand, etc etc etc and all was well - then the 911 dispatcher called back asking the nature of the emergency. I described the situation and the dispatcher had the EMTs come out anyway. They came – checked her over – and all was OK. She definately did not want to go to the hospital - had no idea what the fuss was about – and there was nothing to see – so the EMTs left. While they say they cannot diagnose – their call was that it was most likely a Trans Ischemic Attack – (TIA). Sort of a mini mini stroke. Seems more than half of the people who have these never have one again – or have another that is equally `transient'. The other half have a full stroke within a year. The TIAs actually usually can last 20 minutes to 2 hours – Mom's lasted about 30 seconds or so – certainly less than 1 minute. She seems fine now – just a bit weary. She had physical therapy this afternoon at 1:30 – so it could well be the activity and CS massage just loosened something. I'll be staying a bit closer for a while and watching – but trying not to make her feel insecure. I think the fear and `concern' over problems can be just as debilitating as a problem for her.
Knowing her - I gave a single sip of aconite 30(in water) as soon as the EMTs departed, then prepared Arnica 12 in water to consider for use through the evening.
She is quiet, calm and has a sense of fatigue at this moment - the fatigue is of normal level following physical therapy. She also has a very slight sense of nausea which she attributes to the extreme pollen count here at the moment, and occasional sinus drainage. She later admitted she had a slight sense of nausea for about 1/2 hour yesterday afternoon which she also attributed to the pollen, and it was not even enough to tell me about.
Any experience and advice in this situation would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance.
Donna
D C Rona, PhD, ND, DHM
Knowing her - I gave a single sip of aconite 30(in water) as soon as the EMTs departed, then prepared Arnica 12 in water to consider for use through the evening.
She is quiet, calm and has a sense of fatigue at this moment - the fatigue is of normal level following physical therapy. She also has a very slight sense of nausea which she attributes to the extreme pollen count here at the moment, and occasional sinus drainage. She later admitted she had a slight sense of nausea for about 1/2 hour yesterday afternoon which she also attributed to the pollen, and it was not even enough to tell me about.
Any experience and advice in this situation would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance.
Donna
D C Rona, PhD, ND, DHM