Scary Night

Hey everyone it's Angie, I just want to say first that my dad is OK.

Last night (Friday Dec 7) he was home at the Queen Ann apartment with mom. Johnny had come over and was going to take them to see his Christmas tree. It was 9:15pm and mom was helping Dad in the bathroom when she noticed that he was not looking right and his whole right side of his body was going limp and he was not answering her. She had Johnny come in and help and they realized something was very wrong. Called 911 and dad was taken to Swedish where they gave him a MRI and a cat scan. I got to the hospital around 10:30 and Dad was awake and alert. After a long wait and not a lot of answers, he was finally moved from ER and admitted into the hospital around 2am. At this point we got to talk to his doctor who told us that dad had had a Transient Ischaemic Attack or TIA which is like a small stroke.  the doctor described it as a "small stroke that got better" so in other words the stroke stopped and so far does not seem to have left any side effects. Dad was alert and cracking jokes at 4am. The doctor told us that this is something that happens with MSA patients.

As of right now he is still in the hospital but should be discharged this afternoon. I think at that point he and mom will head home to get some good sleep. Obviously we will be keeping a close eye on him. Mom has said that anyone with questions or concerns can call or text her. Anyone is welcome to call or text me as well.


Update Sat Dec 8th:
 So dad is not leaving the hospital today after all.  Everything is still ok at the moment but the doc found that dad has a lot of plaque blocking the vessels to his brain and is concerned about him stroking again. She says that they could do a surgery to go in and deal with the plaque but in his condition she thinks that will be too invasive and stressful so she wants to try and treat him with medication. They are keeping him in hospital until at least tomorrow and possibly the next day.

I will update as I get more info...