Here is Papa's history. Growing up as a little girl I remember the times when he would have his seizures...the whole family would be involved. Mama or Inang Baket would start hollering in panic that he is seizing and everyone would surround him. Someone was in charge of holding his legs down, his arms, someone was in charge of sticking a comb or something in this mouth. The sight of his mouth foaming and his eyes rolling to the back of his head and the sound of him gasping for breath was not a pleasant experience at all. It always made my heart race. But when it was all done and over...feeling of relief.
Of course we didn't know any better then. A lot has changed in dealing with someone who is having a seizure...we are supposed to just let them to their thing and just make sure that they will be safe in their surroundings.
Anyway, in 1979, he had a major seizure which paralyzed the left side of his body. I remember that vividly. He had a blind guy as a physical therapist.
In 1993, he had undergone a procedure where they clipped a vein in his brain. They used a catheter through his femoral artery to get in his head.
SO, right now the doctors are treating his condition of HYPONATREMIA. (As I had mentioned from the previous post...this developed because they had given him diuretic drugs to stabilize his blood pressure.) They are trying to bring his sodium level back to normal.
Hyponatremia is a metabolic condition in which there is not enough sodium in the body fluids outside the cells.
Common symptoms include:
- Abnormal mental status
- Confusion
- Decreased consciousness
- Hallucinations
- Possible coma
- Convulsions
- Fatigue
- Headache
- Irritability
- Loss of appetite
- Muscle spasms or cramps
- Muscle weakness
- Nausea
- Restlessness
- Vomiting
- Anorexia nervosa
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