Spent all night at the emergency room.

My wife was having symptoms of a possible oncoming stroke. As this was happening a few months after she experienced a TIA (a "mini-stroke") we rushed to the ER, and got there a little before 8 PM.

It was the craziest, busiest, I have ever seen that place!

After an EKG, a Cat Scan, an MRI, and blood tests everything looked OK. She will wear a monitor for while to keep track of her heart beat and has scheduled an appointment with a neurologist.

We got back home a little before 7 AM!

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4meAndyou · F

Oh my gosh!!! You both must have been terrified! Let's hope and pray that it turns out to be something un-serious. I will be saying prayers for her! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 AND for you...because you must be scared.

That has happened to me twice now. The first time was after a car accident where I was rear ended...and the right side of my face sagged down.

Since my tests were all negative for stroke, they decided it was a symptom of a visual migraine.
For a while there, I joked around that I could go into the hospital for an a$$ ache and the doctors there would tell me it was a visual migraine! 🤣🤣🤣

DrWatson · 70-79, M

@4meAndyou Thank you! I am now going to research visual migraines.

4meAndyou · F

@DrWatson I will tell you that facial sagging on one side, and a "perception" that your eyes are crossed, when they are not actually crossed were two of the symptoms I experienced. Also vertigo.