A Journey of Weakness…

Posts Tagged ‘weight loss

A Hospital Stay?

Posted by: Admin on: October 29, 2008

The primary care doctor opens the door to the small room we are all waiting in; this is the first time she has seen my daughter since the referral to the neurologist. We review what has been happening over the last week and the doctor begins to focus on the report from the speech pathologist. The [...]

The Neurologist…

Posted by: Admin on: October 19, 2008

Mid-July, finally the day came to see the neurologist. This Doctor spent about 2 hours with my daughter; in my eyes that was pretty amazing. He gave her a very complete physical exam, and felt that this was more muscular in nature. At the end of the visit he said that he would order a EMG (Electromyogram) and more [...]

Our Next Steps

Posted by: Admin on: October 14, 2008

The follow-up with the Doctor never happened. She was unable to get in to see the physician until late March. Many days after classes, she would nap for several hours or she would just stay in bed on the days classes weren’t held. It started to become harder to climb the stairs. You could just look [...]