Labor Day Update

Mom saw Dr. Levine on Wednesday. The newer, better MRI didn't really show anything new but confirmed what he already suspected. He believes she had TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA. They don't really know what causes it but if you Google it, as I did, it does sound like she had a textbook case of it. We pray it was a one-time event and that it won't recur.

She has a CAVERNOUS ANGIOMA which may have been there her entire life...or not. Once again, nobody knows. He thinks that she should have another MRI in a year to see if there are any changes to it, but otherwise to leave it alone.

She also has a benign tumor on the 8th cranial nerve (Acoustic) also known as a VESTIBULAR SCHWANNOMA. Mom has been wearing hearing aids for a couple of years now, but the doctor said that her hearing loss is probably caused by this tumor and is not age-related. He wants her to see an Acoutical Tumor Specialist. Removing it might improve her hearing significantly. But it may be one of those brain surgeries in which they have to "crack your coconut", as he said. So, unless the tumor grows and she, God forbid starts having other symptoms, we're probably going to wait and see. We WILL make an appointment with the specialist, though.

Thank God, I've been feeling pretty well. I have been having headaches for the last week of so but I'm hoping that they're from the weather or the meds or whatever... I dunno. I'm still on 15mg. prednisone daily. I have an appointment at the hospital on Tuesday (tomorrow). I have a real fear of the Swine Flu now that it's getting cooler and the kids are back in school. I feel like I want to lock myself in my house until the spring. There's a bottle of hand sanitizer near the front door and we're all using it as soon as we enter the house. I'm also washing my hands A LOT. What's meant to be will be.

Thanks for thinking of me and for your prayers and good wishes. Believe in Miracles!!