So we were watching TV together when I noticed Chris was shutting one eye and then the other. Then he told me he had a really bad headache.
I gave him some paracetamol and he fell asleep on the couch after taking it.
A day or two afterward, he was looking at me and I noticed his left eye was turning in. That's when the double vision came into play...
After putting up with it for a week, Chris decided it wasn't getting better, so we went to the ED.
They noticed his right eye stares straight ahead, making the left eye turn like it should, but causing double vision which made him feel nauseous.
They noticed his blood pressure was quite high and started him on more medication for it. They ordered a Cat Scan on his head and admitted him.
The CT scan showed no abnormalities, so they followed up with a MRI which did. Chris had had a stroke in his cerebellum.
It was not a bleed but rather a blockage, and they believe this caused his double vision known as Cranial sixth nerve palsy. They don't know if it will be permanent or not.
They are treating his blood pressure, upping his insulin for the diabetes and putting him on aspirin as a blood thinner, as well as giving him statins for his high cholesterol.
He will be treated by patching one eye to avoid double vision and taking the aforementioned medications. This will be punctuated with GP visits, physiotherapy visits for eye exercises, endocrinologist and neurologist.
My fibromyalgia has flared as I am exhausted. I stayed everyday of his week long hospital from 10-7pm. The weather was changing all the time as we are in our spring and I have had angina because the stress was mind numbing..
We are so grateful that the stroke wasn't worse and we are praying believing that the eye nerve damage will sort itself out. Also we are praying that he doesn't have another stroke.
Mostly we thank the LORD for another chance at life together..
© Glenys Robyn Hicks
Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him. With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation. -Psalm 91:14-16