Nuerology Appt.

Yesterday Rassie had a neurology appointment.  There was also supposed to be a nerve study done but for some reason it was not upset.  That is being worked on and means another trip to the hospital!  The medical student and Dr. L looked Rassie over thoroughly.  They seemed concerned about his blackouts and that the frequency is increasing.  They asked all sorts of questions and even caused a hyperventilated induced blackout.  That was a little creepy. While he was out they tried talking to him.  They lifted his arm and let it drop to see if he had some sort of consciousness and would catch it. Then they checked his blood pressure, heart rate and and eyes.  Everything was normal there.  Dr. L wanted to have an MRI and EEG done right then in the office but there were no machines available so those have to be scheduled.  Like always, they have to be approved by insurance.  They are filing it through workers compensation insurance.  But, we are not going to wait too long to get approval there, we will file with out own insurance if need be because we really need to know whats causing these blackouts. And if it truly is related to the worker's comp injury then we will worry about having it refiled with them.  Rassie will most likely have his 4 hour video EEG on February 3rd but that date is not set in stone yet.  The MRI is up in the air but we should find out soon.  We are actually calling today to check back on everything, get an idea on when it will be approved and also to check back about physical therapy and if its been approved or denied this time around.

Rassie is stilling doing well with the CML and Gleevec.  We forgot to get all of his counts when he did labs this month but we do know everything came back normal or they would have called. So no concerns there. Will Keep you updated as we find out more.

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