Where's Dr. House when you need him?

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So first of, I want to thank everyone who answered my pole. I will get to responding to the comments, just not sure when. See on Tuesday my mom went into the emergency room because it looked like she was having a stroke. She could barely talk, and she couldn't move one side of her body. So the doctors did the doctor thing, scanned her brain and determined she definitely has never had a stoke and doesn't have a brain tumor either. Which is good news, except that this is the second time she's had an episode that looks like a stroke or a seizure or something. So right now she can't drive, so my dad and I have taken turns taking her to all sorts of medical appointments. The doctors say she hasn't had any seizures either. And I guess it's all good news so far, I mean it's nice to know your mom doesn't have a brain tumor, but it's really frustrating not knowing what's wrong with her. The current theory is maybe it's her heart, and my mom's heart is sort of a medical mystery. Last year they discovered a hole in her heart that should have killed her as a kid. When they went into fix it, they found they couldn't, because she also has an extra valve in her heart, something else that should have killed her as a kid, but it seems the two conditions cancel each other out. In fact last year they ran a stress test on her heart and said that her heart was functioning better than that of most women her age. So on Wednesday she goes in to have an EKG on her heart, and we're kind of hoping they'll find something, because it's really stressful not knowing what's wrong, and if and when she'll have another episode.

Still it's good to know there's no brain tumor.

On the other hand the stress may force me into escapism through writing fic. We can only hope ;)

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Thank you. She could use the good vibes so she doesn't have another episode. On the other hand maybe that would help them figure out what was wrong. Obviously I've been watching too much House, where the way to cure people is to make them sicker.