Mary's stroke was in the left posterior of her brain causing right side weakness.   No an EEG was not done, I am trying to get a hold of her neurologist today.    What I don't understand unless the walk just over stressed her strong left side is what made her strong side totally give out?

John Runer

> Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 08:45:36 -0400
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> Subject: Re: Mary Falling to the side?
> To: [log in to unmask]
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> John,
> Does Mary have seizures?  My daughter Tina has had seizures that caused
> her left side to slump - I was frightened that she was having another
> stroke!  She, like Mary had a stroke on the right, but hers was before
> birth.  We've had MRIs since then that showed she had not re-stroked.
> Have she had an EEG?
> 
> Barbara, mom to Tina (7, LH, epilepsy, ADHD, vision issues)
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 8:15 PM
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> Subject: Mary Falling to the side?
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Mary went on a field trip where she walked with her class about half a
> mile and then went in a building once in the building she told the
> teacher she was hot and wanted to take of her coat.  The teacher stated
> that before she could help Mary fell very hard to the left (her strong
> side) and seemed a little off but new where she was and what she was
> doing and her color was o.k.  We took Mary to the local clinic and he
> oxygen was 92% her heart rate was 108 and I sent an ekg over the phone
> to her cardiologist, nothing back on that yet.    Mary still seems happy
> and oriented but a little "glossy eyed"  and a little more sensitive
> than usual even for her.   Mary gets pediasure for snack in the morning
> but did miss it today.  The teacher said it looked like her left side
> just gave out this is frustrating because her stroke was on right side
> of her brain.
> 
> Any thoughts or similar experiences  Mary is 9 (RH with mild CP and
> stroke at birth)
> 
> John Runer
> 
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