It Appears that Evie may have had a Stroke

She went to work on Tuesday feeling very fatigued. But, being tired is the new normal, especially for her. Her job has required a lot of overtime lately, my parents sink further and further into dementia, one of my aunts and one of my uncles are currently under hospice care and Maggie, our ancient Golden Retriever, has cancer and other serious health problems.


She went to work early yesterday due to a meeting and began to feel dizzy during the meeting. After the meeting, a friend saw her stumble and noticed something about Evie that threw up red flags and convinced the Safety Director of the company to drive her to an Urgent Care center. They examined her and determined that she needed to be checked out in an ER.


My workplace is on the way to the hospital so the safety guy dropped her off with me and we went to the hospital.


The doctor who did the initial cursory examination indicated he didn't see signs of a stroke but, to be safe, they would do some tests. A few minutes later a nurse carted her off to a CAT scan and, shortly after she returned, the ER doctor said that, to his surprise, some things did show up in the scan that point to stroke.


That began a whirlwind of activity which paused when Evie was given a room in the stroke unit.


When I left for home last night, she was waiting for an MRI.


It is certain that the scan showed something that is not as it should be. I'm guessing that the thinking is that there were small clots present but I don't know for certain.


I know that the plan after the MRI is for an echocardiogram because she has heart problems as well. After that? At this point, who knows?


I will say that she seems fine. Except for the fatigue, and the killer headache, you wouldn't know that anything is wrong.


Please keep Evie in your prayers.