Glad to hear your mom is okay. Incorrect diagnoses doesn't surprise me in the least. Also, completely wrong, idiotic stuff put into the admitting report is even less of a surprise to me.
I went to the ER during my 2nd TIA. I was coherent and calm (I'd already been through this before and knew what it was) but I was scared as I also knew how serious a thing it was. I had complete numbness on the entire left side of my body and uncontrollable muscle spasms on the right side of my body. I couldn't walk unaided and it was difficult to talk (because of, y'know, the muscle spasms and numbness) but I slowly told the admitting nurse my symptoms, that I'd had a TIA before and that I believed I was having one again. The nurse asked if I had a headache and I said yes.
I sat in the ER, waiting to see a doctor for 3.5 hours. When I finally saw one, he asked why I was in the ER for a headache. At least he was properly shocked at what I'd told him for coming into the ER (by that time, my symptoms had gone away). That TIA screwed my spatial reasoning and I can't help but think that if I'd gotten the proper medication (I never received any as they need to give you that shit within the first 30-45 minutes to be effective), I might not have the problems I do now with spatial reasoning.
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Date: 2015-02-18 12:23 pm (UTC)I went to the ER during my 2nd TIA. I was coherent and calm (I'd already been through this before and knew what it was) but I was scared as I also knew how serious a thing it was. I had complete numbness on the entire left side of my body and uncontrollable muscle spasms on the right side of my body. I couldn't walk unaided and it was difficult to talk (because of, y'know, the muscle spasms and numbness) but I slowly told the admitting nurse my symptoms, that I'd had a TIA before and that I believed I was having one again. The nurse asked if I had a headache and I said yes.
I sat in the ER, waiting to see a doctor for 3.5 hours. When I finally saw one, he asked why I was in the ER for a headache. At least he was properly shocked at what I'd told him for coming into the ER (by that time, my symptoms had gone away). That TIA screwed my spatial reasoning and I can't help but think that if I'd gotten the proper medication (I never received any as they need to give you that shit within the first 30-45 minutes to be effective), I might not have the problems I do now with spatial reasoning.