tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143246399058466248.post5942318166253303519..comments2023-06-17T00:35:01.261-07:00Comments on Espirit de Brigitte: HairBridgethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17064616370181183885noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143246399058466248.post-64199750736361261412012-12-01T20:47:04.046-08:002012-12-01T20:47:04.046-08:00I am revisiting your post after almost three years...I am revisiting your post after almost three years. Your mom's hair is still clean. Thanks for all your help. She recovered from the seizure with powerful medicines they gave her, including Dilantin, soon cussed as the drug from hell.<br /><br />The drug was good in that it stopped her seizures, but it pretty much incapacitated her for weeks until her doctor weaned her off the Dilantin and weaned her onto another drug which she used for a few more months.<br /><br />She lasted about 4 or 5 months not driving (I was her chauffeur) until we had a driving trip to Utah. She didn't want to waste time in the car occasionally waiting while I napped during the trip, so we decided we would chance it letting her drive, having had no seizures since the end of her five day stay in the hospital. She has been driving fine ever since.<br /><br />I am ninety nine percent sure the seizure was caused when she went to the Virginia Mason Lynnwood clinic for bronchitis symptoms, but her favorite doctor wasn't in that day. I wasn't there with her as I had always been since her stroke almost a year before. Another doctor gave her a antibiotic for the bronchitis and then strongly suggested she have a flu shot. Pat and I have never had flu shots, but they convinced her it would really help. It wasn't just the regular flu shot in one arm, but they gave her in the other arm the H1N1 Flu shot which was pretty much untested but was politically correct. It was almost exactly 24 hours later that Bridget noticed Pat's vacant stare during a family meeting, her first seizure.John and Pat Fawcetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14100424069333843494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143246399058466248.post-28222892331198789462009-12-20T17:21:40.577-08:002009-12-20T17:21:40.577-08:00I am so sorry Bridget, grandmothers are so importa...I am so sorry Bridget, grandmothers are so important! <br /><br />But when this is all fixed and she's on the mend you can tell her that the shower cap looked cool! :)Daniel & Jocelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16365357623255296331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143246399058466248.post-88409563760500882862009-12-20T17:12:01.678-08:002009-12-20T17:12:01.678-08:00As bad as this may sound, but I hope one of the te...As bad as this may sound, but I hope one of the tests comes back positive soon, so that proper steps can be taken... Keeping you, your mother and the rest of the family in my thoughts.Athena125https://www.blogger.com/profile/16561084298543410365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143246399058466248.post-28792858740586012752009-12-20T07:18:39.157-08:002009-12-20T07:18:39.157-08:00thoughts and prayersthoughts and prayersChristiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09199129971732019797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143246399058466248.post-45883895979363119172009-12-19T20:16:00.558-08:002009-12-19T20:16:00.558-08:00Brid, I am sorry about your mom. We'll be pra...Brid, I am sorry about your mom. We'll be praying for her and the doctors.Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17614579347068715579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143246399058466248.post-90040364357577273782009-12-19T16:53:57.004-08:002009-12-19T16:53:57.004-08:00How thoughtful of you to take care of your mother ...How thoughtful of you to take care of your mother in that way. I pray they'll be able to figure out what is going on.Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07049680217004851862noreply@blogger.com