At 5:00am a nurse came in and gave me liquid potassium in apple juice. At 7:00am I woke up to a nurse, taking my vitals. I also had some blood work done. Everything was normal.
Around 8:30am I had another episode just before my husband arrived. Shortly after he arrived our nurse informed us that the MRI department scheduled us in a 2:00pm but there was confusion. As an outpatient a scan of the brain was requested, but as an inpatient a scan of the spine was requested. They would not combine the two requests. Our nurse spent the morning trying to contact a doctor so both scans could be done at the same time. It took her quite a while but she finally got a hold of a hospitalist who authorized the request.
Just before 1:00pm I got up to go to the bathroom. When I got back I felt really tired and had an episode. I tried to stay awake and became dizzy trying to open my eyes. I eventually just let myself relax. About 10 minutes later I started to come out of it. A minute later I could move my hands and I whispered “I’m scared”. I had tears in my eyes. It took 30 minutes before I could move my legs and arms but I was physically exhausted. My fingers could move but they were weak.
I went for the MRI at 2:00pm. There was a 97 year old lady who had been waiting for 3 years to get her MRI to investigate an ear problem. After waiting 30 minutes I was brought into a second room with an MRI and it took approximately 45 minutes. I only moved once when I fell asleep but I didn’t have any episodes. They were able to get all the images they needed.
I did have a small episode around 5:00, which lasted about 5 minutes. Then at 6:30 I had one that lasted only 2 minutes. At 9:30pm I had one last episode that lasted 20 minutes. When I came out of it my husband came into the bed with me and did not leave my side all night.