Off-topic randomness - a place to ramble?

[vellamint]

Hey Be...and friends.

Update is that he came home on Monday (although they wanted to keep him until Tuesday for more blood work). I need to get an MRI with and without contrast, a 24 hour EEG and a Cardiac check-up on him. The scheduling is mind boggling but he is okay (for now anyway). Back to driving me crazy with his teenageness.

They still do not know what happened but I did find out on the day he was released that he was, in fact, having a seizure when they brought him in. God help me, I cant get over the fact that I should have seen that something was not right when I put the kids to bed on Wednesday night.

He was probably seizing (is that a word?) ALL NIGHT LONG....

Thank you for your thoughts and well-wishes and hope to "see" you all soon.

We probably wont know anything until after the MRI at the very earliest which isnt even scheduled yet as I need to waiting for my insurance to approve it. (gotta love red-tape - if he wasnt so back to himself I would be a raving lunatic by now)

 

[JeanJoe]

Hey Be...and friends.

Hey, that makes it sound like I'm not a friend!

Anyhow, wow, scary doesn't begin to describe it, but I'm glad he's back to himself. Good luck with all the work-up...

Yes -- seizing is a word. And don't beat yourself up. Some seizures are really very subtle. Not all are the "grand mal" type, with all 4 extremities shaking; some are just tiny little tics. And with some, you can even remain conscious and alert (although his wasn't).

Again, good luck!

Update is that he came home on Monday (although they wanted to keep him until Tuesday for more blood work). I need to get an MRI with and without contrast, a 24 hour EEG and a Cardiac check-up on him. The scheduling is mind boggling but he is okay (for now anyway). Back to driving me crazy with his teenageness.

They still do not know what happened but I did find out on the day he was released that he was, in fact, having a seizure when they brought him in. God help me, I cant get over the fact that I should have seen that something was not right when I put the kids to bed on Wednesday night.

He was probably seizing (is that a word?) ALL NIGHT LONG....

Thank you for your thoughts and well-wishes and hope to "see" you all soon.

We probably wont know anything until after the MRI at the very earliest which isnt even scheduled yet as I need to waiting for my insurance to approve it. (gotta love red-tape - if he wasnt so back to himself I would be a raving lunatic by now)

 

[vellamint]

Update:

My insurance is only approving a "regular" MRI not the dual contrast....stinking insurance - what is the matter with them....

 

[JeanJoe]

Update:

My insurance is only approving a "regular" MRI not the dual contrast....stinking insurance - what is the matter with them....

Even when the neurologists are asking for the contrast? That's ridiculous.

Before you get the non-contrast study done, make sure the neurologists know that insurance is NOT approving the contrast study -- if it's critically important to make the diagnosis, they'll fight the insurance company, and you'll avoid wasting your time getting a study that's not informative.

(And if they say "oh, we just request the with + without contrast automatically; it'll be just fine without the contrast", you can feel better about it)

 

[wdeversole]

Just read about your son, Mint - Hope everything turns out OK, and they find out what caused it.

 

[qruthie]

Mint, I just read this and hope your son stays well. It's tough when a kid is sick and so much worse when the doctors can't figure out the reason. Insurance not cooperating is just horrible. We just went through something similar with one of our cats and I was a total wreck. I can't imagine how I would be if one of my kids became sick from a mystery illness.

Best wishes to you and your family. Be sure to take care of yourself too!

qruthie (the 'q' is silent)

 

[PurpleDuck]

Mint, thanks so much for the update! Although the insurance company is being a royal pain, I am glad to hear that your son is back to himself at this point. Please do continue to keep us updated?

As 'Q' said, take care of yourself too! I will continue to keep you and your family in my thoughts and prayers my friend!

 

[PolyFish]

I send you Pixie dust.

OFFTOPIC- Anyone have an annoying sibling?

 

[BriarRosie]

I just read the news, too. I'm keeping you and your son in my thoughts and prayers, Mint.

 

[JeanJoe]

A new fun airplane game, inspired by VMK! Bored of Cute or Boot? Play Cute or Boot Extreme Edition, aboard your next airplane flight. It's a far more serious game, when you play at altitude, though.

Thankfully, I had the Beasts with me for the first round...

And, if you see the following warning sign the next time at the airport, all rumors that they were instigated by any behavior of my Beasts are grossly exaggerated.

Finally, for all you misguided individuals who don't believe my Beasts can't possibly be all that Beast-like, I now have proof, courtesy of the EPCOT imagination labs:

(Disturbing, isn't it?)

 

[PurpleDuck]

A new fun airplane game, inspired by VMK! Bored of Cute or Boot? Play Cute or Boot Extreme Edition, aboard your next airplane flight. It's a far more serious game, when you play at altitude, though.

Thankfully, I had the Beasts with me for the first round...

And, if you see the following warning sign the next time at the airport, all rumors that they were instigated by any behavior of my Beasts are grossly exaggerated.

Finally, for all you misguided individuals who don't believe my Beasts can't possibly be all that Beast-like, I now have proof, courtesy of the EPCOT imagination labs:

(Disturbing, isn't it?)

You always have the "best" times on your trips! Yes, it is a disturbing pic of your beautiful daughter as a beast, but uh, don't they say apples don't fall far from the tree? (JK my friend!)

 

[Beherenow]

Mint - Thanks for the update. I will continue to keep your family in my prayers.

Bezoar - Small World is starting to look pretty nice. This past weekend I talked my oldest into riding his first big people roller coaster with 5 loops (he will do almost anything for a funnel cake). I honnestly do not remember it being so rough. When I got off the first time, my head was killing be from being slammed around so much. So what do I do? We get back on it because he says he wants to ride it again. For some reason, I thought it would be better if I kept my head back - wrong! We were both screaming from pain on the second trip. And to top it all off, he tried to get me to ride it a thrid time - no way, nuh uh you crazy kid. After making a lot of excuses and feeling rather brave that day, I tempted fate by riding Goliath. I am sure the other riders had a grand laugh at my white knuckles.

 

[LuNaReVe]

I had cheese for dinner

 

[Maleficent2]

Oh Mint!

I am really bad about reading this thread eveyday much less posting to it

{hugs} I am glad you son is home and doing better.


Please keep us informed.



Mal

 

[redbaybound]

Its so strange to hear that your son had a seizure! My neighbors daughter who is 12 just had the same thing happen. They say its due to low blood pressure.

I am sending some extra pixie dust left over from when my DS was so ill and the DISers gave me some. It worked like a charm. -hugs to you and your family-

 

[Captain Brain]

Glad to hear that your son is getting better. My friend had a seisure earlier in the year. Hope he has a speedy recovery!

 

[AdioSkater]

Mint, I hope your son has a quick recovery!

 

[Captain Brain]

Less than a month until WDW trip.

 

[AdioSkater]

Woot! Gotta Love WDW! How long are you going to be in WDW?

 

[cat_herder]

Oh yeah? Well MY dad had to watch movies my flipping through a stack of index cards.

(While walking to school barefoot through the snow, uphill both ways?)

Yeah, laser discs... Talk about the mistake of being on the "bleeding edge". They came out a few years before DVD's did. They were the size of LP's --oh, I guess you wouldn't know those either -- and a single movie usually fit on about 3 or 4 discs, so you would have to swap them during the movie. And there were no menus / choices the way DVD's do. Yup, DVD's blew them away.

On the other hand, I have fond memories of figuring out how to get the AC3 (now Dolby Digital) 5.1 sound working in a brand new state-of-the-art home theatre system, and being SO impressed with true home surround sound...

(Then again, I also remember being SO impressed by Dolby Noise Reduction on casette tapes...)

I saw this in the movie threater when it was released in the 1970s or 1980s(??)