A Visit to the ER

Kerissa • Sep 15, 2012

Well, friends, I had enough excitement for one day!  This morning, I had to go to the ER at OHSU. My drooping eye has been getting worse (it’s been horrible), so my mom called my spine surgeon’s office and spoke with a resident dr. on call. He said that I’d better get checked out because any facial symptoms (like a drooping eye) usually mean something’s going on in the brain. My ER dr. was super nice!  He really wanted to do an MRI, but my mom called St. Jude Medical to ask if getting one is really contraindicated, and they said I can’t get one. If I did, my device would probably malfunction and I’d possibly get an electrical surge through my body from the leads.. So I ended up getting a brain CT scan and a cervical spine CT scan with the lowest amount of radiation possible. The results show that I didn’t have a stroke.  That’s good news! So this rules out one thing, and now I just have to wait till Monday when I see the spine surgeon.. I could have a Chiari Malformation in my brain which is common with EDS (but they don’t show on CT scans), or the cervical spine instability is causing the drooping eye and headache.. My appointment can’t come fast enough! Thank you so much for your prayers. 

By Kerissa Lee 23 Jan, 2024
Hi, friends, I had a whole other post ready to go with some good news, but instead, I have an urgent prayer request. I started experiencing sudden onset numbness, tingling, and weakness in my whole left leg, and it’s been so scary. 🥺 It just came on out of the blue. I was doing so well with physical therapy each week (able to walk fast on the treadmill and leg press 40 lbs), and now, I have to limp because my left leg is soo weak. I really want to avoid the ED as much as possible, so I saw one of my doctors today. She’s concerned I’m having a big motor nerve issue. 😭 The plan is to see a physical medicine specialist, have a nerve conduction study, get an urgent MRI done, as well as see my PCP and pain doctor on the 25th and 29th for further evaluation/testing. I know I already said this, but it really has been so scary to lose function so quickly. Can you pray that I will trust the Lord and not worry? It’s been very hard, so I’d really appreciate your prayers and support in the coming weeks. Thank you so much. ❤️
By Kerissa Lee 01 Jan, 2024
"Let us know; let us press on to know the LORD; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth." Hosea 6:3
By Kerissa Lee 11 Dec, 2023
"This hard place in which you, perhaps, find yourself, is the very place in which God is giving you opportunity to look only to Him."  Elisabeth Elliot
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