Prayers Please

[Eaglesfan27]

for my wife and my family. Earlier today, she developed a significant headache (she has had frequent headaches over the past few months) and her left eye started drooping. I took her to our primary care doctor who immediately sent her to the ER next door to his office. She has had a CT Scan which didn't show anything. Based on the clinical picture, we know she did not have a stroke. She is 26 and generally healthy, but this has me scared to death. I know too much. It's good because I know the doctors did an excellent job taking care of her today, but it's bad because I know most of the differential for a 3rd nerve palsy which is what she has on her left side, and I don't like any of the possibilities. 9 hours after arriving, she just was moved up to a bed on the neuro ward, and she insisted I come home and get some sleep because my snoring in the chair next to her was going to keep her up, but I know it's going to be hard for me to sleep tonight. Also, I feel guilty for not staying there all night even though she insisted I come home.

Tomorrow morning they are going to do an MRI with contrast, and I'm quite worried about what will be found. For anyone so inclined, I appreciate the prayers. Thanks.

[Axxon]

Oh man, sorry to hear that. Of course, all of you are in my prayers tonight and until this crisis passes.

[bosshogg23]

My wife who is an ER nurse says it could be a Bels Palsy situation. It affects the facial nerves and does go away after a time period. Migraines can also cause eye problems.

Best of luck to you and your family!

[yabanci]

real sorry to hear about that. I hope everything's allright.

[bbor]

Chin up Eagles.....No need to fret until something is found.As you said you do know too much,but i am sure that you are always thinking of the worst case senerio.You may be overlooking the most obvious and simpliest of explanations.

Please keep us posted.

[DaddyTorgo]

i'll cross my fingers over here Eaglesfan. At least you have the comfort of knowing that she's being well looked after by people that you know professionally.

[BigJohn&TheLions]

My wife who is an ER nurse says it could be a Bels Palsy situation. It affects the facial nerves and does go away after a time period. Migraines can also cause eye problems.

Best of luck to you and your family!

Same thing happened to my ex-g/f. Her face was frozen on one side for a few weeks (she said. I didn't know her then.)

God Bless her. Try and get some sleep.

[TLK]

you and your wife will be in my prayers tonight...

[MizzouRah]

Everything is going to be ok EaglesFan. You, your wife, and your family are in my prayers.

Get some sleep and keep us posted.


Todd

[Fonzie]

Dear god. I can only begin to imagine how horrifying this must be for you (and Mrs. Eaglesfan27). I fear words will provide little comfort for you right now, but please know that I'll be thinking of the two of you.

And while it may prove impossible, I'd suggest you listen to your wife's counsel and try to get some sleep. You're probably in for another roller coaster tomorrow, and it'll be all the more trying for both of you if you're exhausted. Easier said than done, I know.

Hang in there EF27. I'm not a praying person, but I'll do what I can and think some happy, hopeful thoughts in your direction.

[thealmighty]

Best wishes for the next day(s). You will all be in my families' prayers.

[Gary Gorski]

Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your wife

[Glengoyne]

Mrs. Eaglesfan, her doctors, and you are in our prayers here in CA.

[maximus]

Eaglesfan,

your wife is in my prayers. Victory is claimed.

[Draft Dodger]

I will definitely be keeping my fingers crossed for your wife

[hoosierdude]

Our prayers and thoughts are with you. Good Luck.

[sabotai]

Last year (I was 26), I started to have frequent headaches too. Can't say if my eye drooped at all (I live pretty much an isolated life, so who knows what I look like to other people most of the time. :) ) but after many blood tests, a CT scan, visits to the neurologist, it turns out (at least the neurolgist says) to be migranes.

[CHEMICAL SOLDIER]

I am praying for you and your wife's speedy recovery. All thoughts and prayers of my family are with yoU. God Bless.

[DeToxRox]

i'm not a religious person, so to say i would pray wouldn't be fair to either of us. but what i can say is that she sounds to be in excellent hands, and from everything i can tell from this board she has an excellent husband. with your career i know that you can only naturally think worst case scenario, but just try and keep a positive outlook. don't feel guilty, and if you need anything you know theres a bunch of people willing to help here.

i wish her a clean bill of health, and i wish you the best night you can possibly have under the circumstances.

sorry again for what you're having to deal with,
danny

[Pyser]

oh my god. that sounds scary...but i wish you and yours the best. my thoughts are with you.

[SirFozzie]

Thoughts and Prayers with ya man.

[Tekneek]

I will be thinking about you and your family, and hoping for the best.

This does concern me greatly, so I would be most interested in what is discovered. My wife has complained of headaches a lot in recent times, focused mainly behind one of her eyes. No other symptoms, but the way that suddenly happened to your wife is scary.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Prayers for both you & her, and all those affected.

[Breeze]

I'm praying. Please update us when you can.

[oykib]

You have my prayers as well. May God bless both of you.

[albionmoonlight]

You have my prayers as well.

[daedalus]

Ugh. Good luck with everything to the EF27 family. Keep yourself busy or you'll drive yourself nuts with negative thoughts.

[FrogMan]

sorry to hear this doc, you and your wife will be in my thoughts. Hang in there.

FM

[CleBrownsfan]

You & your wife will be in my thoughts... I'm sure everything will be okay....

[Subby]

Hang in there, my friend.

[Suicane75]

My thoughts are with you and your wife E.

[sachmo71]

Hope all is well, Eaglefan.

[CamEdwards]

prayers offered. hang in there, eaglesfan.

[flere-imsaho]

I echo what everyone else has said - my best wishes for a speedy and full recovery.

[Castlerock]

You are both in my thoughts and prayers today.

[digamma]

I'll be thinking of you. And reading here.

[JeeberD]

You and your wife will be in my thoughts, bud...

[vtbub]

In my thoughts.

[Raiders Army]

I'll be praying for you.

[3ric]

I feel for you, nothing worse than worrying and knowing you can't do anything except to be there for her. Best wishes to both of you.

[Franklinnoble]

I'm praying for you.

[sportsfan13]

I wish you and your wife all the luck in the world. Your family will be in my prayers tonite. Please keep us posted. i hope all goes well.

[GrantDawg]

My wife who is an ER nurse says it could be a Bels Palsy situation. It affects the facial nerves and does go away after a time period. Migraines can also cause eye problems.

Best of luck to you and your family!
First thing I thought of. I have known several people who had this, and it sounds a lot like this. Then again, they may have already ruled this out.

My prayers are with you and your wife.

[Anthony]

good luck to you and your family.

[lurker]

I'll be praying for you and your family. Good luck.

[Desnudo]

I hope everything works out for the best EF.

[Kodos]

Hoping that it might provide you a little bit of comfort, I will relay a similar experience that I just went through. A couple days before this Christmas, I got a really bad headache. It was the second one I'd had in a couple weeks. I've always been prone to headaches, but these were worse than usual. Still, the headache went away for the most part after 8 hours or so, but on Christmas day I noticed that my left eyelid was droopy and my pupils were very different in size. After checking out the symptoms on the internet, my wife and I decided to go to the hospital, since there were all sorts of scary things associated with my symptoms, and the websites recommended seeking treatment immediately.

At the hospital on Christmas night, I had a CAT scan that came back normal, and then a few days later I had an MRI. It all came back normal, so the diagnosis is just migraines. Apparently, migraines can cause all sorts of things like different-sized pupils, drooping eyelids, etc. The neurologist said the symptoms would go away when the migraine finally went away totally (which it didn't for a couple of weeks), and the symptoms have gone away now for the most part. But in the first days, especially that first night, my wife and I were pretty scared about aneurysms, brain tumors, and other stuff like that, which was pretty scary, so I can relate to how you must feel. But it all turned out okay, and I'm hoping that your wife's problems will turn out to be something similar. Annoying but basically harmless headaches.

My thoughts will be with you, and I hope you have good news for us soon.

[Dutch]

I never thought I'd wish a migraine on anybody...but that's the case here (or less than, of course).

My thoughts and prayers are with you today.

Mike

[Eaglesfan27]

First of all, thank you all for the kind thoughts and words.

Secondly, I just finished getting her comfortable at home and she is doing well. It was a long 8-9 hours at the hospital today, but the news was worth it. They did an MRI, MRA, and an initial CT scan which all show no abnormalities. They think it could be atypical Bell's Palsy (which was definitely on my list of possibilities.) I say atypical because she doesn't have the definitive area of paralysis of the distribution of the 7th cranial nerve. It's also possible that it is due to atypical migraines he said. Finally, there is a slim possibility it is Myasthenia Gravis. He took some blood work to test for that as we left the hospital, but he doesn't think it is that (nor do I.)

The good news is we know it is not a tumor, aneurism, or Multiple Sclerosis. She'll follow up with the neurologist in 7-10 days, but he is treating her for Bell's Palsy for now since that is the most likely diagnosis which means she will be on Steroids and an antiviral for the next 10 days.

[SirFozzie]

Good to hear!

VERY good to hear

[Fonzie]

Hooray! That's great news, EF27! What a relief. I'm glad, very glad for you and Mrs. EF27.

[JonInMiddleGA]

That's very good news, all things considered, as far as I can tell, and I appreciate your taking the time to share it with us. Prayers for her, you, and the family continue.

[Gallifrey]

Good to hear she is home and the scans are positive.
Best wishes to you and your wife.

[bosshogg23]

Great news and best of luck for the next few days!

[Kodos]

Great to hear! They made me wait a week to get my MRI / MRA.

[JeeberD]

Great news! :)

[Franklinnoble]

That's good news EF.

[maximus]

Great to hear EF.

[Flasch186]

Wow, man Im saying prayers for you right now....

[FrogMan]

wow, great news indeed. Hang in there, it'll be over in no time! We're all thinking about you two.

FM

[Buccaneer]

I am heartened to hear that there is nothing serious shown. I am reminded what happened to me about a year ago when I came down to severe headaches and dizzyness. It was eventually found that I had developed (quite a while ago) and had since enlarged a tumor on the acoustic nerve. The problem was it was sitting right next to the "balance" nerve near the brain stem (causing the acute headaches and dizzyness). But the Lord was gracious to me in that the long operation and recovery was successful and I pray for continued "atypicalness" in your wife and that nothing serious would ever develop.

[CraigSca]

Excellent news, EaglesFan! A belated "you were in my thoughts and prayers", but I was definitely thinking of you both when I saw this. What a great relief!

Take care!

[BigJohn&TheLions]

Great to hear Eaglesfan!

If you want to lighten her mood a bit, remind her of when her mother used to say "Don't make that face, or..."

She'll probably try to kill you...

(hey, I have a friend who is pretty bad with MS who's favorite joke is "At least I have my health!")

[Bad-example]

Continuing to think positive thoughts. Hang tough and remember to care for your own needs as well as looking after her.

[temley06]

Glad to hear it.

[terpkristin]

Eaglesfan,
Getting to this late, but I hope that things continue to improve and it's simply Bell's Palsy. A frightening thing, certainly, but easily the best neurological condition to have if that's what it is.

On a random side note, you've described of course the exact problem that most docs have as patients themselves or when their family members are patients: they know too much for their own good. Just being an EMT I've caught myself self-diagnosing (well based on that and previous experience) and thinking too hard when things aren't feeling quite right. It's one of the downfalls of the job, I guess, but hang in there!

~tk

[scooter]

I too have come to this late. I'm glad to hear that the worst has been ruled out. I'll be thinking of you and your family.

[EagleFan]

Glad to see that things are not any of the worst case scenarios. Our prayers are with your wife for a speedy recovery.

[CHEMICAL SOLDIER]

I am praying all will be fine.

[Honolulu_Blue]

Great to hear!

[Scoobz0202]

Glad to hear that it didn't go down the dark road. Hopefully she gets better in a couple weeks.

[path12]

Very good to hear. As mainly a lurker, I'm not that vocal, but feel I do know all of you on the boards in a way. I'm not religious, but my thoughts are with you both.

[oykib]

Good News.

[Passacaglia]

Sounds like great news, Eaglesfan! I hope things continue to improve.

[WSUCougar]

Outstanding!

[Arles]

That's great to hear and keep us posted on her recovery!

[MizzouRah]

Thanks for the update! Excellent news!!


Todd

[Eaglesfan27]

Well after just 2 days of steroids her headache is much improved and her eye is occasionally popping open all the way. The muscles are still weak and, her eye is still drooping most of the time but she is feeling better already which is good. :)

The only downside is the steroids are upsetting her stomach and she has another 11 days of them. However, the dose starts lowering in a few days and it shouldn't be so bad.

[Eaglesfan27]

Dola -

Thank you all for the continued well wishes/prayers.