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adrian_turtle's that we hadn't planned on, as practical and emotional support for a somewhat scary medical thing that seems to be mostly resolved.
Tl;dr: she had double vision, it is now mostly better, and an assortment of tests have ruled out a lot of scary things, but not figured out what happened.
The long version: Adrian called me Wednesday morning and asked me to say some calm and soothing things, because her vision had just gotten bad in a weird way: double vision even if she only had one eye open. Talking to her helped, and she already had a telemedicine appointment with her neurologist for that afternoon.
The neurologist told Adrian that he wanted to run some tests, and that the way to do this quickly was via the emergency room. So she called one of her comrades who has a car, and he took her to Mount Auburn Hospital. A few hours later, Adrian called and told me that she had not had a stroke, does not have a tumor, and also doesn't have diabetes, COVID, or Lyme disease. (My reaction to that last was "oh, right, New England.") By then they had done a lot of low-tech neurology, plus a CAT scan, MRI, and chest X-ray, and drawn blood for a variety of tests. The hospital had her stay overnight while they waited for test results, and maybe also to see whether/how quickly she recovered. She was seeing better, if not well, yesterday morning. So they sent her home and told her to see an ophthalmologist, and to follow up with her regular doctor after that.
I met Adrian at her apartment, and brought roast lamb and melon for dinner. Conveniently, she already had an eye exam scheduled for yesterday morning. I kept her company on the bus to and from the eye doctor, for comfort and in case she had trouble navigating. The eye doctor ruled out some more possibilities, and told her to see a neuro-opthalmologist. That will be on Tuesday, and I can't go with her because ;m seeing my own neurologist Tuesday.
The double vision had mostly resolved by this morning, but again weirdly: the left eye is OK, but the right eye still has double vision. Which isn't supposed to happen with only one eye open. One bright spot is that we got some excellent fruit from the farmers market on our way home from the eye doctor. I had meant to bring home some of the grapes, but got distracted, so Adrian will have to eat lots of grapes. Oh woe!
adrian_turtle's that we hadn't planned on, as practical and emotional support for a somewhat scary medical thing that seems to be mostly resolved.Tl;dr: she had double vision, it is now mostly better, and an assortment of tests have ruled out a lot of scary things, but not figured out what happened.
The long version: Adrian called me Wednesday morning and asked me to say some calm and soothing things, because her vision had just gotten bad in a weird way: double vision even if she only had one eye open. Talking to her helped, and she already had a telemedicine appointment with her neurologist for that afternoon.
The neurologist told Adrian that he wanted to run some tests, and that the way to do this quickly was via the emergency room. So she called one of her comrades who has a car, and he took her to Mount Auburn Hospital. A few hours later, Adrian called and told me that she had not had a stroke, does not have a tumor, and also doesn't have diabetes, COVID, or Lyme disease. (My reaction to that last was "oh, right, New England.") By then they had done a lot of low-tech neurology, plus a CAT scan, MRI, and chest X-ray, and drawn blood for a variety of tests. The hospital had her stay overnight while they waited for test results, and maybe also to see whether/how quickly she recovered. She was seeing better, if not well, yesterday morning. So they sent her home and told her to see an ophthalmologist, and to follow up with her regular doctor after that.
I met Adrian at her apartment, and brought roast lamb and melon for dinner. Conveniently, she already had an eye exam scheduled for yesterday morning. I kept her company on the bus to and from the eye doctor, for comfort and in case she had trouble navigating. The eye doctor ruled out some more possibilities, and told her to see a neuro-opthalmologist. That will be on Tuesday, and I can't go with her because ;m seeing my own neurologist Tuesday.
The double vision had mostly resolved by this morning, but again weirdly: the left eye is OK, but the right eye still has double vision. Which isn't supposed to happen with only one eye open. One bright spot is that we got some excellent fruit from the farmers market on our way home from the eye doctor. I had meant to bring home some of the grapes, but got distracted, so Adrian will have to eat lots of grapes. Oh woe!
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