Short but sweet

My weekend was a whirlwind, how was yours? My grandma was admitted to the hospital in the wee hours of the morning last Friday and it was not looking good. She was pretty much incoherent and did not know who anyone was or where she was. The news was pretty grim while the ER doc tried to figure out what had happened. When the possibility of encephalitis of the brain was mentioned, I left work, packed a bag and started driving to Florida.

When I arrived on Friday evening, Gram was doing much better. There was still no diagnosis, but she was a lot more coherent and she knew where she was and she recognized her visitors. But she was still dizzy and fatigued. She also didn't remember much of the ambulance ride or admittance to the ER. Apparently she was pretty hard to handle when she first arrived to the hospital and she doesn't remember any of it.

On Sunday, we finally got a diagnosis from her physician. It seems she had experienced a Transient Ischemic Attack or mini stroke. She had started some sort of diet that required her to drink 64oz. of water a day and by doing so, she had flushed her system of sodium and increased her blood pressure. She will have to be on several medications to manage her heart and to prevent clotting and future strokes. She was also ordered by her neurologist to stay away from any and all weight loss programs. He wrote it on a prescription sheet. At her age the last thing she should be worrying about is her weight!