Another Stroke
Rob wasn't feeling well in Kodiak and he came home early. By the time I saw him he was walking really slow and lost quite a bit of use of his arm. We thought it was because he had been sick with the flu, and stuck in the tent at camp, that immobilized him for almost ten days. Shortly after he came home I went to SFO for a couple days and when I got back he had made improvements, however not significant. I also noticed when I got back that he had some very slight cognitive changes - and I couldn't understand why he would have cognitive changes. Although he was certain nothing was wrong with him, he agreed to go to the doctor, which led to an MRI, and then back in the hospital. The MRI showed he had another stroke in the same area as his first, just a little farther forward. At this point they know his left internal carotid artery is occluded (how is that for medical talk?). Lot of more tests to figure out why this happened to him. His first stroke was thought to have been caused by a PFO, that was closed in December. I guess we will find out how somebody with no risk factors (low cholesterol, no smoking, not overweight) can get an occluded carotid artery.
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