How's your day? October 2014

Lethal or nonlethal?

 

It turns out he had Hand, Foot, and Mouth disease. He was misdiagnosed. We realized something wasn't right when he started getting bumps and blisters.

 

Non please

 

Meh...

 

My grandson had that, stay on top of the meds, finish even if you think its gone.

 

They didn't give us meds

 

What? My grandson was given something that cleared it up right away. Hmm. Ok. Maybe it's in a different stage.

 

I don't know, it's clearing up though. I'm glad we steered away from antibiotics though. Gotta build up that immunity.

 

I'm glad your little guy is getting better. I don't believe it was an antibiotic that my grandson was prescribed. Sick baby, Dapper must be getting oh 48mins of sleep every 6hrs?

 

Nah, he has FINALLY started sleeping. From 9-6/7 .....knock on wood...

 

I'm glad Leif is getting better!

 

Diagnosed with Right Anterior Semicircular Canal Canalithiasis, which, hopefully, accurately explains the vertigo of the past 2+ weeks.

 

May I please hear this in laymen's terms?

 

I'll take "I don't feel good, doc" for $500, Alex...

 

You may have hit double jeopardy.

 

what is the prognosis and suggested treatment?

 

BTW: speaking of doctor visits— i just returned from my hand surgeon's office with a follow-up on my surgery two weeks ago. It looks like I've been cleared to go back to work as early as next week—which is about two weeks earlier than some estimates. I am happy at the prospect of getting back to work—although I have appreciated the 'down time'—something that doesn't seem to occur often enough.

 

Some of the crystals that exist in everyone's ear canals have broken free in mine, and are/were floating in the fluids of the inner ear, which regulate balance. When they get jostled, they send false signals to the brain that the body is in motion, so it tries to stabilize something that isn't actually moving, to slapstick results like when you try to walk a straight line after spinning around.

Treatment is physical therapy by "Epley Maneuver," which involves precisely-timed head movements in specific positions in order to move the crystals.

 

This maneuver, is it repeated in sequence, timed, or simply done randomly? and do these crystals ever 'settle' back down, or is treatment an ongoing procedure for this condition?

 

Precisely timed, aka done by (and then taught to the sufferer by) a trained physical therapist. The crystals settle down, but there's something above a 30% recurrence rate. . . so, I've got that to look forward to.