Dad called me about 6:00 pm tonight to say that Mom had undergone an arteriogram today after seeing an optical neurologist. Mom complained of headaches daily for over a year as many of us aware and since this summer also voiced concern that her left (?) pupil, sometimes both, appeared to be dilated. She had sought care with ENTs, immunologists and her Internist and I think even had a previous unremarkable CT scan during this period.
The results of the arteriogram suggest she has an aneurysm along the trigeminal artery in her brain. A slow leak of that aneurysm could account for her complaints but none of those associations are being put forward, to my knowledge, at this time.
What it is clear, and proceeding now, is that the aneurysm requires immediate surgical repair. She is expected to be in surgery until about 12:00 AM EST and will be taken post-op to the ICU. Both the condition and the procedure were characterized as "very risky".
I'll be heading to Tampa to check things out and handle whatever Mom and Dad need. I'll keep this blog updated as warranted. Feel free to share. I don't have any contact information other than she is at St. Joseph's Hospital on Martin Luther King Blvd in Tampa. Her former place of employment...
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