Brain Seizure

The neurologist gave James a medication to control seizures and wrote No Driving on his discharge papers after a day in the hospital for observation and he was sent home. Within a few days, Michael called me at work to let me know James was having trouble breathing and chest pains.  She was taking Dad to the emergency room.  I left work and met them.  Michael and Michel le and Jim did an excellent job of checking him in.  He was given medication to drain fluids that had his blood pressure too high and pain medication to ease his pain.  After another over night observation he was released to go home.

Brain Seizures

 Buster and Beo were out on the front walkway just outside Jim's window downstairs.  I was upstairs in the "Mother-In-Laws room" over the garage watching America Idol when I heard them barking. Damn why wasn't James letting them in?  I rushed impatiently downstairs to let them inside and they ran into the master bathrooom.  James was stretched out on the floor with a pack of toilet paper under his head.  He said he slid to the floor when he tried to stand while sitting on the commode.  "Help me up" he said.  I couldn't lift him and he was unable to assist with his left side.  I suspected a stroke so I called 911.  When the paramedics assisted him to his feet he was still unable to stand but was breathing normally.  I followed them to the emergency room watching him through the window talking and laughing.   But when I was allowed back to his room he had a breathing tube in place.  I was told he had a seizure which caused problems breathing on the way into the emergency room.  I immediately worried that he was back to square one with a stoke again but the test showed no new bleed and no weakness remained.